Proverbs 1:10-19
New Living Translation
10 My child, if sinners entice you,
turn your back on them!
11 They may say, “Come and join us.
Let’s hide and kill someone!
Just for fun, let’s ambush the innocent!
12 Let’s swallow them alive, like the grave[a];
let’s swallow them whole, like those who go down to the pit of death.
13 Think of the great things we’ll get!
We’ll fill our houses with all the stuff we take.
14 Come, throw in your lot with us;
we’ll all share the loot.”
15 My child, don’t go along with them!
Stay far away from their paths.
16 They rush to commit evil deeds.
They hurry to commit murder.
17 If a bird sees a trap being set,
it knows to stay away.
18 But these people set an ambush for themselves;
they are trying to get themselves killed.
19 Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money;
it robs them of life.
Footnotes
- 1:12 Hebrew like Sheol.
Proverbs 1:10-19
Legacy Standard Bible
10 My son, if sinners (A)entice you,
(B)Do not be willing.
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,
And 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 Cast 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)Withhold your feet from their pathway,
16 For (I)their feet run to evil
And they hasten to shed blood.
17 For it is [b]no use that a net is spread
In the sight of any [c]bird;
18 But they (J)lie in wait for their own blood;
They ambush their own [d]lives.
19 So are the paths of everyone who is (K)greedy for gain;
It takes away the [e]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 1:18 Lit souls
- Proverbs 1:19 Lit soul
Proverbs 16:29
New Living Translation
29 Violent people mislead their companions,
leading them down a harmful path.
Proverbs 16:29
Legacy Standard Bible
29 A man of violence (A)entices his neighbor
And leads him in a way that is not good.
Proverbs 25:26
New Living Translation
26 If the godly give in to the wicked,
it’s like polluting a fountain or muddying a spring.
Proverbs 25:26
Legacy Standard Bible
26 Like a (A)muddied spring and a corrupted well
Is a righteous man shaking before the wicked.
Proverbs 27:3
New Living Translation
3 A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,
but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier.
Proverbs 27:3
Legacy Standard Bible
3 A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
But the provocation of an ignorant fool is heavier than both of them.
Proverbs 28:10
New Living Translation
10 Those who lead good people along an evil path
will fall into their own trap,
but the honest will inherit good things.
Proverbs 28:10
Legacy Standard Bible
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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