"The wise should not befriend
Those who are without faith or who are stingy,
Those who lie, or who speak divisively;
They should not accompany sinful persons.

Even those who do not sin Create the doubt that they might be doing so
If they rely on those who do sin,
Thereby increasing that which is unpleasant.

The person who relies on the unreliable
Will have faults as a result,
Just as unsmeared arrows are tainted
When arrows smeared with poison are placed in the same quiver."