¹⁰ My ·child [^Lson], if sinners try to ·lead [seduce; entice] you into sin,
    do not follow them.
¹¹ They will say, “Come with us.
    Let’s ambush and kill someone;
    let’s attack some innocent people just for fun.
¹² Let’s swallow them alive, ·as death does [like the grave/^LSheol];
    let’s swallow them whole, ·as the grave does [^Llike those who go down into the pit].
¹³ We will ·take [^Lfind] all kinds of ·valuable things [^Lprecious wealth]
    and fill our houses with ·stolen goods [plunder].
¹⁴ ·Come join us [^LThrow in your lot with us],
    and we will share ·with you stolen goods [^La single bag (of loot)].”
¹⁵ My ·child [^Lson], do not go ·along with them [^Lon their path];
    ·do not do what they do [^Lkeep your foot from their way/path].
¹⁶ ·They are eager to do evil [^LFor their feet run toward evil]
    and are quick to ·kill [^Lshed blood].
¹⁷ It is useless to spread out a net
    right where the birds can see it.
¹⁸ But sinners will ·fall into their own traps [^Lset up a deadly ambush];
    they ·will only catch [^Llie in wait for] themselves!
¹⁹ All greedy people end up this way;
    ·greed kills selfish people [^Lthey take their own lives].

²⁹ ·Cruel [Violent] people ·trick [entice] their neighbors
and ·lead them to do wrong [^Lmake them walk on a path that is not good].

²⁶ A good person who ·gives in to [staggers before] evil
is like a ·muddy [foul] spring or a ·dirty [ruined] well.

³ Stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,
but ·a complaining fool [or the irritation/frustration caused by a fool] is ·heavier [worse] than either.

¹⁰ Those who lead ·good [virtuous] people to ·do wrong [^Lgo on an evil path]
    will ·be ruined by their own evil [^Lfall into their own pit],
but the ·innocent [blameless] will ·be rewarded with [^Linherit] good things.