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Proverbs 1:8-19

8 My child, may you keep your father's instruction, and do not reject your mother's teachings,

8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

9 for they [are] a garland of favor for your head, and pendants for your neck.

9 They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.

10 My child, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

10 My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them.

11 If they say, "Come with us! We shall lie in wait for blood; we shall ambush the innocent without cause.

11 If they say, “Come along with us; let’s lie in wait for innocent blood, let’s ambush some harmless soul;

12 Like Sheol, we will swallow them alive and whole, {like those who descend to the pit}.

12 let’s swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;

13 We shall find all precious wealth, we shall fill our houses [with] booty,

13 we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;

14 you shall throw your lot in our midst, there will be one purse for all of us."

14 cast lots with us; we will all share the loot”—

15 My child, do not walk in their way. Keep your foot from their paths,

15 my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;

16 for their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed blood,

16 for their feet rush into evil, they are swift to shed blood.

17 for "in vain is the net scattered, in the sight of any {winged bird}."

17 How useless to spread a net where every bird can see it!

18 They lie in wait for their [own] blood. They ambush their [own] lives.

18 These men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush only themselves!

19 Thus are the ways of all who are greedy [for] gain-- it will take the life of its possessors.

19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the life of those who get it.