Proverbs 1:10-19
New International Reader's Version
10 My son, if sinful men tempt you,
don’t give in to them.
11 They might say, “Come along with us.
Let’s hide and wait to kill someone who hasn’t done anything wrong.
Let’s catch some harmless person in our trap.
12 Let’s swallow them alive, as the grave does.
Let’s swallow them whole, like those who go down into the pit.
13 We’ll get all kinds of valuable things.
We’ll fill our houses with what we steal.
14 Cast lots with us for what they own.
We’ll share everything we take from them.”
15 My son, don’t go along with them.
Don’t even set your feet on their paths.
16 They are always in a hurry to sin.
They are quick to spill someone’s blood.
17 How useless it is to spread a net
where every bird can see it!
18 Those who hide and wait will spill their own blood.
They will be caught in their own trap.
19 That’s what happens to everyone
who goes after money in the wrong way.
That kind of money takes away
the life of those who get it.
Proverbs 16:29
New International Reader's Version
29 A person who wants to hurt others tries to get them to sin.
That person leads them down a path that isn’t good.
Proverbs 25:26
New International Reader's Version
26 Sometimes godly people give in to those who are evil.
Then they become like a muddy spring of water or a polluted well.
Proverbs 27:3
New International Reader's Version
3 Stones are heavy, and sand weighs a lot.
But letting a foolish person make you angry is a heavier load than both of them.
Proverbs 28:10
New International Reader's Version
10 Those who lead honest people down an evil path
will fall into their own trap.
But those who are without blame
will receive good things.
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