Proverbs 1:12-22 (New International Version)
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let's swallow1 them alive, like the grave,a and whole, like those who go down to the pit;2
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we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;
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throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse3"--
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my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot4 on their paths;5
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for their feet rush into sin,6 they are swift to shed blood.7
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How useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds!
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These men lie in wait8 for their own blood; they waylay only themselves!9
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Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.10
Warning Against Rejecting Wisdom
20 Wisdom calls aloud11 in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares; 21 at the head of the noisy streetsb she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech: 22 "How long will you simple onesc12 love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate13 knowledge?Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online)
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