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The Enticement of Sinners
Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching,
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My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
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for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed;
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The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
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The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
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If the righteous is repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
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Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless, but sin overthrows the wicked.
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Disaster pursues sinners, but the righteous are rewarded with good.
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A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.
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Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.
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Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.
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An oracle is on the lips of a king; his mouth does not sin in judgment.
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Who can say, “I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin”?
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Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
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Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.
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The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.
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Whoever sings songs to a heavy heart is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, and like vinegar on soda.
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An evil man is ensnared in his transgression, but a righteous man sings and rejoices.
