Proverbs 1:10-19
Modern English Version
10 My son, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.
11 If they say, “Come with us,
let us lie in wait for blood;
let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
12 let us swallow them up alive as the grave,
and whole, as those who go down into the pit;
13 we will find all kinds of precious possessions;
we will fill our houses with spoil;
14 cast in your lot among us,
let us all have one purse”—
15 my son, do not walk in the way with them,
keep your 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.
18 They lie in wait for their own blood;
they lurk secretly for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain,
which takes away the life of its owners.
Proverbs 1:10-19
American Standard Version
10 My son, if sinners entice thee,
Consent thou not.
11 If they say, Come with us,
Let us lay wait for blood;
Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
12 Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol,
[a]And whole, as those that go down into the pit;
13 We shall find all precious substance;
We shall fill our houses with spoil;
14 [b]Thou shalt cast thy lot among us;
We will all have one purse:
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 they make haste to shed blood.
17 For in vain is the net spread
In the sight of any bird:
18 And these lay wait for their own blood;
They lurk privily for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;
It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:12 Or, Even the perfect
- Proverbs 1:14 Or, Cast in thy lot
Proverbs 16:29
Modern English Version
29 A violent man entices his neighbor,
and leads him into the way that is not good.
Proverbs 16:29
American Standard Version
29 A man of violence enticeth his neighbor,
And leadeth him in a way that is not good.
Proverbs 25:26
Modern English Version
26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked
is as a troubled fountain and a corrupt spring.
Proverbs 25:26
American Standard Version
26 As a [a]troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring,
So is a righteous man that [b]giveth way before the wicked.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:26 Hebrew trampled.
- Proverbs 25:26 Or, is moved
Proverbs 27:3
Modern English Version
3 A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
Proverbs 27:3
American Standard Version
3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.
Proverbs 28:10
Modern English Version
10 Whoever causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way,
he himself will fall into his own pit;
but the upright will have good things in possession.
Proverbs 28:10
American Standard Version
10 Whoso causeth the upright to go astray in an evil way,
He shall fall himself into his own pit;
But the perfect shall inherit good.
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