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
English Standard Version
10 My son, if sinners (A)entice you,
do not consent.
11 If they say, “Come with us, (B)let us lie in wait for blood;
(C)let us ambush the innocent without reason;
12 like Sheol let us (D)swallow them alive,
and whole, like (E)those who go down to the pit;
13 we shall find all precious goods,
we shall fill our houses with plunder;
14 throw in your lot among us;
we will all have one purse”—
15 my son, (F)do not walk in the way with them;
(G)hold back your foot from their paths,
16 for (H)their feet run to evil,
and they make haste to shed blood.
17 (I)For in vain is a net spread
in the sight of any bird,
18 but these men (J)lie in wait for their own blood;
they (K)set an ambush for their own lives.
19 (L)Such are the ways of everyone who is (M)greedy for unjust gain;
(N)it takes away the life of its possessors.
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
English Standard Version
29 A man of violence (A)entices his neighbor
and leads him in a way that is not good.
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
English Standard Version
26 Like (A)a muddied spring or a polluted fountain
is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
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
English Standard Version
3 A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,
but (A)a fool's provocation is heavier than 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
English Standard Version
10 Whoever misleads the upright into an evil way
(A)will fall into his own pit,
but the blameless (B)will have a goodly inheritance.
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