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Proverbs 1:8-19

8 Hear, my son, your father's instruction And do not forsake your mother's teaching;

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

9 Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments about your neck.

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

10 My son, 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, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us 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 Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;

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

13 We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil;

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

14 Throw in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse,"

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

15 My son, do not walk in the way with them. Keep your feet from their path,

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 hasten to shed blood.

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

17 Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net In the sight of any bird ;

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

18 But 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 So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away 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.