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Proverbs 1:8-19

New Revised Standard NRS

8 Hear, my child, your father's instruction, and do not reject your mother's teaching;

9 for they are a fair garland for your head, and pendants for your neck.

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

11 If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us wantonly ambush the innocent;

12 like Sheol let us swallow them alive and whole, like those who go down to the Pit.

13 We shall find all kinds of costly things; we shall fill our houses with booty.

14 Throw in your lot among us; we will all have one purse"—

15 my child, do not walk in their way, keep your foot from their paths;

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

17 For in vain is the net baited while the bird is looking on;

18 yet they lie in wait—to kill themselves! and set an ambush—for their own lives!

19 Such is the end of all who are greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.

New International Version NIV

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

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

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

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, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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