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Proverbs 1:8-19

8 My son, listen to your father's advice. Don't turn away from your mother's teaching.

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

9 What they teach you will be like a beautiful crown on your head. It will be like a chain to decorate your neck.

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

10 My son, if sinners tempt you, don't give in to them.

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

11 They might say, "Come along with us. Let's hide and wait to spill someone's blood. Let's catch some harmless people in our trap.

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

12 Let's swallow them alive, as the grave does. Let's swallow them whole, like those who go down into the pit.

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

13 We'll get all kinds of valuable things. We'll fill our houses with what we steal.

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

14 Come and join our gang. We'll share everything we have."

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

15 My son, don't go along with them. Don't even set your feet on their paths.

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

16 They are always in a hurry to sin. They are quick to spill someone's blood.

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

17 How useless it is to spread a net while all the birds are watching!

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

18 Those who hide and wait will spill their own blood. They will be caught in their own trap.

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

19 That's what happens to everyone who goes after money in the wrong way. That kind of money takes away the lives of those who get it.

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