^8 (B)Hear, my son, your father's instruction,
    and forsake not your mother's teaching,
⁹ for they are ^(C)a graceful garland for your head
    and ^(D)pendants for your neck.
¹⁰ My son, if sinners ^(E)entice you,
    do not consent.
¹¹ If they say, “Come with us, ^(F)let us lie in wait for blood;
    ^(G)let us ambush the innocent without reason;
¹² like Sheol let us ^(H)swallow them alive,
    and whole, like ^(I)those who go down to the pit;
¹³ we shall find all precious goods,
    we shall fill our houses with plunder;
¹⁴ throw in your lot among us;
    we will all have one purse”—
¹⁵ my son, ^(J)do not walk in the way with them;
    ^(K)hold back your foot from their paths,
¹⁶ for ^(L)their feet run to evil,
    and they make haste to shed blood.
^17 (M)For in vain is a net spread
    in the sight of any bird,
¹⁸ but these men ^(N)lie in wait for their own blood;
    they ^(O)set an ambush for their own lives.
^19 (P)Such are the ways of everyone who is ^(Q)greedy for unjust gain;
    ^(R)it takes away the life of its possessors.

^13 (A)The fear of the Lord is ^(B)hatred of evil.
^(C)Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
    and ^(D)perverted speech I hate.
¹⁴ I have ^(E)counsel and ^(F)sound wisdom;
    I have insight; ^(G)I have strength.
¹⁵ By me ^(H)kings reign,
    and rulers decree what is just;
¹⁶ by me princes rule,
    and nobles, all who govern justly.^[a]
17 (I)I love those who love me,
    and ^(J)those who seek me diligently find me.