Proverbs 1:10-19
Common English Bible
10 My son, don’t let sinners entice you.
Don’t go
11 when they say:
“Come with us.
Let’s set up a deadly ambush.
Let’s secretly wait for the innocent just for fun.
12 Let’s swallow up the living like the grave[a]—
whole, like those who go down into the pit.
13 We’ll find all sorts of precious wealth;
we’ll fill our houses with plunder.
14 Throw in your lot with us;
we’ll share our money.”
15 My son, don’t go on the path with them;
keep your feet from their way,
16 because their feet run to evil;
they hurry to spill blood.
17 It’s useless to cast a net
in the sight of a bird.
18 But these sinners set up a deadly ambush;
they lie in wait for their own lives.
19 These are the ways of all who seek unjust gain;
it costs them their lives.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:12 Heb Sheol
Proverbs 16:29
Common English Bible
29 Violent people entice their neighbors
and walk them down a path that isn’t good.
Proverbs 25:26
Common English Bible
26 A righteous person giving in to the wicked
is like a contaminated spring or a polluted fountain.
Proverbs 27:3
Common English Bible
3 A stone is heavy and sand weighs much,
but the nuisance of fools is heavier than both.
Proverbs 28:10
Common English Bible
10 Whoever misleads those who do right onto an evil path
will fall into their own pit,
but the blameless will inherit good things.
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