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10 My son, don't let sinners entice you. Don't go
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10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them.
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11 when they say: "Come with us. Let's set up a deadly ambush. Let's secretly wait for the innocent just for fun.
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11 If they say, "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for someone's blood, let's waylay some harmless soul;
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12 Let's swallow up the living like the grave— whole, like those who go down into the pit.
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12 let's swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
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13 We'll find all sorts of precious wealth; we'll fill our houses with plunder.
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13 we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;
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14 Throw in your lot with us; we'll share our money."
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14 throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse"--
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15 My son, don't go on the path with them; keep your feet from their way,
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15 my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;
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16 because their feet run to evil; they hurry to spill blood.
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16 for their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed blood.
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17 It's useless to cast a net in the sight of a bird.
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17 How useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds!
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18 But these sinners set up a deadly ambush; they lie in wait for their own lives.
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18 These men lie in wait for their own blood; they waylay only themselves!
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19 These are the ways of all who seek unjust gain; it costs them their lives.
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19 Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.
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