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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.

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:12 Or the grave
  2. Proverbs 1:13 Lit. wealth
  3. Proverbs 1:13 plunder
  4. Proverbs 1:17 futility
  5. Proverbs 1:17 Lit. lord of the wing

29 A violent man entices his neighbor,
    and leads him into the way that is not good.

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29 A violent man entices his neighbor,
And leads him in a way that is not good.

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26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked
    is as a troubled fountain and a corrupt spring.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:26 ruined

A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
    but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.

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

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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.

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10 (A)Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way,
He himself will fall into his own pit;
(B)But the blameless will inherit good.

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