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

¹⁰ My son, if sinful men entice^(A) you,
    do not give in^(B) to them.^(C)
11 If they say, “Come along with us;
    let’s lie in wait^(D) for innocent blood,
    let’s ambush some harmless soul;
¹² let’s swallow^(E) them alive, like the grave,
    and whole, like those who go down to the pit;^(F)
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^(G)”—
¹⁵ my son, do not go along with them,
    do not set foot^(H) on their paths;^(I)
16 for their feet rush into evil,^(J)
    they are swift to shed blood.^(K)

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

¹⁶ The wages of the righteous is life,^(A)
    but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.^(B)

⁴ Wealth^(A) is worthless in the day of wrath,^(B)
    but righteousness delivers from death.^(C)

¹¹ Dishonest money dwindles away,^(A)
    but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.

⁸ Whoever increases wealth by taking interest^(A) or profit from the poor
    amasses it for another,^(B) who will be kind to the poor.^(C)

²⁰ A faithful person will be richly blessed,
    but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.^(A)

²² The stingy are eager to get rich
    and are unaware that poverty awaits them.^(A)