Proverbs 1:10-19
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My son, if sinners entice you,
Do not consent.(A)
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If they say, “Come with us;
Let us lie in wait to shed blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
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Let us swallow them alive like Sheol (the place of the dead),
Even whole, as those who go down to the pit [of death];
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We will find and take all kinds of precious possessions,
We will fill our houses with spoil;
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Throw in your lot with us [they insist];
We will all have one money bag [in common],”
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My son, do not walk on the road with them;
Keep your foot [far] away from their path,
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For their feet run to evil,
And they hurry to shed blood.
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Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net
In the sight of any bird;
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But [when these people set a trap for others] they lie in wait for their own blood;
They set an ambush for their own lives [and rush to their destruction].
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So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
Greed takes away the lives of its possessors.(B)
Proverbs 16:29
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A violent and exceedingly covetous man entices his neighbor [to sin],
And leads him in a way that is not good.
Proverbs 25:26
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Like a muddied fountain and a polluted spring
Is a righteous man who yields and compromises his integrity before the wicked.
Proverbs 27:3
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Stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
But a fool’s [unreasonable] wrath is heavier and more burdensome than both of them.
Proverbs 28:10
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He who leads the upright astray on an evil path
Will himself fall into his own pit,
But the blameless will inherit good.
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