¹⁰ My son, if sinners ^(A)entice you,
^(B)Do not consent.
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,
Even 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 Throw 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)Keep your feet from their path,
¹⁶ For ^(I)their feet run to evil
And they hasten to shed blood.
¹⁷ Indeed, it is ^[b]useless to spread the baited net
In the sight of any ^[c]bird;
¹⁸ But they ^(J)lie in wait for their own blood;
They ambush their own lives.
¹⁹ So are the ways of everyone who ^(K)gains by violence;
It takes away the life of its possessors.

²⁹ A man of violence ^(A)entices his neighbor
And leads him in a way that is not good.

³ A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.

¹⁰ He who leads the upright astray in an evil way
Will ^(A)himself fall into his own pit,
But the ^(B)blameless will inherit good.