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]