¹⁰ My son, if sinners ^(A)entice you,
^(B)Do not be willing.
¹¹ If they say, “Come with us,
Let us ^(C)lie in wait for blood,
Let us ^(D)ambush the innocent without cause;
¹² Let us ^(E)swallow them alive like Sheol,
And whole, as those who ^(F)go down to the pit;
¹³ We will find all kinds of precious wealth,
We will fill our houses with spoil;
¹⁴ Cast in your lot ^[a]with us,
We shall all have one purse,”
¹⁵ My son, ^(G)do not walk in the way with them.
^(H)Withhold your feet from their pathway,
¹⁶ For ^(I)their feet run to evil
And they hasten to shed blood.
¹⁷ For it is ^[b]no use that a net is spread
In the sight of any ^[c]bird;
¹⁸ But they ^(J)lie in wait for their own blood;
They ambush their own ^[d]lives.
¹⁹ So are the paths of everyone who is ^(K)greedy for gain;
It takes away the ^[e]life of its possessors.

³ A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
But the provocation of an ignorant fool is heavier than both of them.