¹⁰ My son, if sinners entice you,
^(A)Do not consent.
¹¹ If they say, “Come with us,
Let us ^(B)lie in wait to shed blood;
Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
¹² Let us swallow them alive like ^[a]Sheol,
And whole, ^(C)like those who go down to the Pit;
¹³ We shall find all kinds of precious ^[b]possessions,
We shall fill our houses with ^[c]spoil;
¹⁴ Cast in your lot among us,
Let us all have one purse”—
¹⁵ My son, ^(D)do not walk in the way with them,
^(E)Keep your foot from their path;
^16 (F)For their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed blood.
¹⁷ Surely, in ^[d]vain the net is spread
In the sight of any ^[e]bird;
¹⁸ But they lie in wait for their own blood,
They lurk secretly for their own lives.
^19 (G)So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
It takes away the life of its owners.

²⁶ A righteous man who falters before the wicked
Is like a murky spring and a ^[a]polluted well.

³ A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,
But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both of them.