Proverbs 1:10-19
World English Bible
10 My son, if sinners entice you,
don’t consent.
11 If they say, “Come with us.
Let’s lie in wait for blood.
Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.
12 Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol,[a]
and whole, like those who go down into the pit.
13 We’ll find all valuable wealth.
We’ll fill our houses with plunder.
14 You shall cast your lot among us.
We’ll all have one purse.”
15 My son, don’t walk on the path with them.
Keep your foot from their path,
16 for their feet run to evil.
They hurry to shed blood.
17 For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird;
18 but these lay in wait for their own blood.
They lurk secretly for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain.
It takes away the life of its owners.
Footnotes
- 1:12 Sheol is the place of the dead.
Proverbs 1:10-19
Christian Standard Bible
10 My son, if sinners entice you,(A)
don’t be persuaded.(B)
11 If they say—“Come with us!
Let’s set an ambush(C) and kill someone.[a]
Let’s attack some innocent person(D) just for fun![b]
12 Let’s swallow them alive,(E) like Sheol,
whole, like those who go down to the Pit.(F)
13 We’ll find all kinds of valuable property
and fill our houses with plunder.(G)
14 Throw in your lot with us,
and we’ll all share the loot”[c]—
15 my son, don’t travel that road with them(H)
or set foot on their path,(I)
16 because their feet run toward evil
and they hurry to shed blood.(J)
17 It is useless to spread a net
where any bird can see it,
18 but they set an ambush to kill themselves;[d]
they attack their own lives.
19 Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly;(K)
it takes the lives of those who receive it.[e]
Proverbs 16:29
World English Bible
29 A man of violence entices his neighbor,
and leads him in a way that is not good.
Proverbs 16:29
Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 25:26
World English Bible
26 Like a muddied spring and a polluted well,
so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
Proverbs 25:26
Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 27:3
World English Bible
3 A stone is heavy,
and sand is a burden;
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
Proverbs 27:3
Christian Standard Bible
3 A stone is heavy, and sand a burden,
but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
Proverbs 28:10
World English Bible
10 Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way,
he will fall into his own trap;
but the blameless will inherit good.
Proverbs 28:10
Christian Standard Bible
10 The one who leads the upright into an evil way
will fall into his own pit,(A)
but the blameless will inherit what is good.(B)
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