Proverbs 1:10-12

Contemporary English Version

¹⁰Don't be tempted by sinners
or listen ¹¹    when they say,
“Come on! Let's gang up
and kill somebody,
    just for the fun of it!
¹²They're well and healthy now,
but we'll finish them off
    once and for all.

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Proverbs 1:10-12

King James Version

¹⁰My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

¹¹If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

¹²Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

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Proverbs 1:10-12

New King James Version

¹⁰My son, if sinners entice you,
^(A)Do not consent.
¹¹If they say, “Come with us,
Let us ^(B)lie in wait to shed blood;
Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
¹²Let us swallow them alive like ^[a]Sheol,
And whole, ^(C)like those who go down to the Pit;

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Proverbs 1:10-12

New International Version

¹⁰My son, if sinful men entice^(A) you,
    do not give in^(B) to them.^(C)
¹¹If they say, “Come along with us;
    let’s lie in wait^(D) for innocent blood,
    let’s ambush some harmless soul;
¹²let’s swallow^(E) them alive, like the grave,
    and whole, like those who go down to the pit;^(F)