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Proverbs 1:8-19

8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and don't reject your mother's teaching,

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

9 for they will be a garland of grace on your head and a [gold] chain around 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, don't be persuaded.

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

11 If they say-"Come with us! Let's set an ambush and kill someone. Let's attack some innocent person just for fun!

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 Sheol, still healthy as they 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'll find all kinds of valuable property and fill our houses with plunder.

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

14 Throw in your lot with us, and we'll all share our money"-

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

15 my son, don't travel that road with them or set foot on their path,

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

16 because their feet run toward trouble and they hurry to commit murder.

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

17 It is foolish to spread a net where any bird can see it,

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

18 but they set an ambush to kill themselves; they attack their own lives.

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

19 Such are the paths of all who pursue gain dishonestly; it takes the lives of those who profit from it.

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