Proverbs 1:10-19
Legacy Standard Bible
10 My son, if sinners (A)entice you,
(B)Do not be willing.
11 If they say, “Come with us,
Let us (C)lie in wait for blood,
Let us (D)ambush the innocent without cause;
12 Let us (E)swallow them alive like Sheol,
And whole, as those who (F)go down to the pit;
13 We will find all kinds of precious wealth,
We will fill our houses with spoil;
14 Cast in your lot [a]with us,
We shall all have one purse,”
15 My son, (G)do not walk in the way with them.
(H)Withhold your feet from their pathway,
16 For (I)their feet run to evil
And they hasten to shed blood.
17 For it is [b]no use that a net is spread
In the sight of any [c]bird;
18 But they (J)lie in wait for their own blood;
They ambush their own [d]lives.
19 So are the paths of everyone who is (K)greedy for gain;
It takes away the [e]life of its possessors.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:14 Lit in the midst of us
- Proverbs 1:17 Lit in vain
- Proverbs 1:17 Lit possessor of wing
- Proverbs 1:18 Lit souls
- Proverbs 1:19 Lit soul
Proverbs 1:10-19
International Standard Version
Avoid Evil Counsel
10 My son, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.
11 If they say, “Come with us!
Let’s lie in wait for blood;
let’s ambush some innocent person for no reason at all.
12 Let’s swallow them alive like Sheol,[a]
and whole like those who go down into the Pit.[b]
13 We’ll find all kinds of valuable wealth,
and we’ll fill our houses with spoil.
14 Throw your lot in with us,
and all of us will have one purse.”
15 My son, do not go along with them,[c]
and keep your feet away from their paths!
16 For they[d] run toward evil;
these enticers[e] shed blood without hesitation.[f]
17 Look, it is useless to spread a net in full view of[g] all the birds,
18 but these people[h] lie in wait for their own blood.[i]
They ambush only themselves.
19 Such is the way of all those who seek illicit gain—
it takes away the lives of those who possess it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:12 I.e. the realm of the dead; possibly an allusion to the rebellion of Korah (cf. Num 16:33)
- Proverbs 1:12 I.e. the place of punishment in the afterlife
- Proverbs 1:15 Lit. in the way with them
- Proverbs 1:16 Lit. For their feet
- Proverbs 1:16 Lit. they
- Proverbs 1:16 Lit. blood quickly
- Proverbs 1:17 Lit. in the eyes of
- Proverbs 1:18 Lit. they
- Proverbs 1:18 The Heb. lacks their own
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