10 My son, if sinners (A)entice you,
(B)Do not consent.
11 If they say, “Come with us,
Let’s (C)lie in wait for blood,
Let’s (D)ambush the innocent without cause;
12 Let’s (E)swallow them alive like Sheol,
Even whole, like those who (F)go down to the pit;
13 We will find all kinds of precious wealth,
We will fill our houses with plunder;
14 Throw in your lot [a]with us;
We will all have one money bag,”
15 My son, (G)do not walk on the way with them.
(H)Keep your feet from their path,
16 For (I)their feet run to evil,
And they are quick to shed blood.
17 Indeed, it is [b]useless to spread the baited net
In the sight of any [c]bird;
18 But they (J)lie in wait for their own blood;
They ambush their own lives.
19 Such are the ways of everyone who (K)makes unjust gain;
It takes away the life of its possessors.

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  1. Proverbs 1:14 Lit in the midst of us
  2. Proverbs 1:17 Lit in vain
  3. Proverbs 1:17 Lit possessor of wing

10 My son, if sinners (A)entice you,
(B)Do not consent.
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,
Even 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 Throw 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)Keep your feet from their path,
16 For (I)their feet run to evil
And they hasten to shed blood.
17 Indeed, it is [b]useless to spread the baited net
In the sight of any [c]bird;
18 But they (J)lie in wait for their own blood;
They ambush their own lives.
19 So are the ways of everyone who (K)gains by violence;
It takes away the life of its possessors.

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  1. Proverbs 1:14 Lit in the midst of us
  2. Proverbs 1:17 Lit in vain
  3. Proverbs 1:17 Lit possessor of wing

29 A person of violence (A)entices his neighbor
And leads him in a way that is not good.

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29 A man of violence (A)entices his neighbor
And leads him in a way that is not good.

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26 Like a (A)trampled spring and a [a]polluted well,
So is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.

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  1. Proverbs 25:26 Lit ruined

26 Like a (A)trampled spring and a [a]polluted well
Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

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  1. Proverbs 25:26 Lit ruined

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

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

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10 One who leads the upright astray in an evil way
Will (A)himself fall into his own pit,
But the (B)blameless will inherit good.

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10 He who leads the upright astray in an evil way
Will (A)himself fall into his own pit,
But the (B)blameless will inherit good.

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