Proverbs 1:10-19
New American Standard Bible
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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:14 Lit in the midst of us
- Proverbs 1:17 Lit in vain
- Proverbs 1:17 Lit possessor of wing
Proverbs 1:10-19
New King James Version
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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:12 Or the grave
- Proverbs 1:13 Lit. wealth
- Proverbs 1:13 plunder
- Proverbs 1:17 futility
- Proverbs 1:17 Lit. lord of the wing
Proverbs 16:29
New American Standard Bible
29 A person of violence (A)entices his neighbor
And leads him in a way that is not good.
Proverbs 16:29
New King James Version
29 A violent man entices his neighbor,
And leads him in a way that is not good.
Proverbs 25:26
New American Standard Bible
26 Like a (A)trampled spring and a [a]polluted well,
So is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:26 Lit ruined
Proverbs 25:26
New King James Version
26 A righteous man who falters before the wicked
Is like a murky spring and a [a]polluted well.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:26 ruined
Proverbs 27:3
New American Standard Bible
3 A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
Proverbs 27:3
New King James Version
3 A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,
But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both of them.
Proverbs 28:10
New American Standard Bible
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.
Proverbs 28:10
New King James Version
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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