Proverbs 1:10-19
Revised Standard Version
10 My son, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.
11 If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood,
let us wantonly ambush the innocent;
12 like Sheol let us swallow them alive
and whole, like those who go down to the Pit:
13 we shall find all precious goods,
we shall fill our houses with spoil;
14 throw in your lot among us,
we will all have one purse”—
15 my son, do not walk in the way with them,
hold back your foot from their paths;
16 for their feet run to evil,
and they make haste to shed blood.
17 For in vain is a net spread
in the sight of any bird;
18 but these men lie in wait for their own blood,
they set an ambush for their own lives.
19 Such are the ways of all who get gain by violence;
it takes away the life of its possessors.
Proverbs 16:29
Revised Standard Version
29 A man of violence entices his neighbor
and leads him in a way that is not good.
Proverbs 25:26
Revised Standard Version
26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain
is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
Proverbs 27:3
Revised Standard Version
3 A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
Proverbs 28:10
Revised Standard Version
10 He who misleads the upright into an evil way
will fall into his own pit;
but the blameless will have a goodly inheritance.
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