13 we shall find all precious goods,
    we shall fill our houses with plunder;
14 throw in your lot among us;
    we will all have one purse”—
15 my son, (A)do not walk in the way with them;
    (B)hold back your foot from their paths,
16 for (C)their feet run to evil,
    and they make haste to shed blood.
17 (D)For in vain is a net spread
    in the sight of any bird,

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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(A)”—
15 my son, do not go along with them,
    do not set foot(B) on their paths;(C)
16 for their feet rush into evil,(D)
    they are swift to shed blood.(E)
17 How useless to spread a net
    where every bird can see it!

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