Proverbs 1:10-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
10 My child, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.(A)
11 If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
let us wantonly ambush the innocent;(B)
12 like Sheol let us swallow them alive
and whole, like those who go down to the Pit.(C)
13 We shall find all kinds of costly things;
we shall fill our houses with spoil.
14 Throw in your lot among us;
we will all have one purse”—
15 my child, do not walk in their way;
keep your foot from their paths,(D)
16 for their feet run to evil,
and they hurry to shed blood.(E)
17 For in vain is the net baited
while the bird is looking on;
18 yet they lie in wait—to kill themselves!
and set an ambush—for their own lives!
19 Such is the end[a] of all who are greedy for gain;
it takes away the life of its possessors.(F)
Footnotes
- 1.19 Gk: Heb are the ways
Proverbs 1:10-19
English Standard Version
10 My son, if sinners (A)entice you,
do not consent.
11 If they say, “Come with us, (B)let us lie in wait for blood;
(C)let us ambush the innocent without reason;
12 like Sheol let us (D)swallow them alive,
and whole, like (E)those who go down to the pit;
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, (F)do not walk in the way with them;
(G)hold back your foot from their paths,
16 for (H)their feet run to evil,
and they make haste to shed blood.
17 (I)For in vain is a net spread
in the sight of any bird,
18 but these men (J)lie in wait for their own blood;
they (K)set an ambush for their own lives.
19 (L)Such are the ways of everyone who is (M)greedy for unjust gain;
(N)it takes away the life of its possessors.
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