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15 My child, do not go along with them.
    Do not do what they do.
16 They run to do evil.
    They are quick to kill.
17 It is useless to spread out a net
    right where the birds can see it!

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15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

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15 My son, (A)do not walk in the way with them,
(B)Keep your foot from their path;
16 (C)For their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely, in [a]vain the net is spread
In the sight of any [b]bird;

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:17 futility
  2. Proverbs 1:17 Lit. lord of the wing