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Proverbs 1:8-19

8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

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

9 for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

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

10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.

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

11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for 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 up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that 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 shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

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

14 cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:

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

15 -- my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot 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 make haste to shed blood.

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

17 For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.

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

18 And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.

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

19 So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh 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.

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