Proverbs 1:10-19

Tree of Life Version

¹⁰ My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in.
¹¹ Suppose they say: “Come with us!
Let’s lie in wait for blood!
Let’s ambush the innocent—for no reason!
¹² Let’s swallow them alive like Sheol—
    still healthy, as they go down to the Pit!
¹³ We’ll find all sorts of valuable things,
    we’ll fill our homes with loot!
¹⁴ Throw your lot in with us—
    we’ll all have one wallet.”
¹⁵ My son, do not go along with them,
keep your foot from their path—
¹⁶ for their feet run to evil
    and they are swift to shed blood.
¹⁷ Surely it is useless to spread a net
in the eyes of all winged creatures!
¹⁸ But they lie in wait for their own blood.
They ambush their own lives.
¹⁹ Such is the fate of all gaining by violence.
It takes the life of its possessor.