Proverbs 1:10-19
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Avoid Evil Counsel
10 My son, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.
11 If they say, “Come with us!
Let’s lie in wait for blood;
let’s ambush some innocent person for no reason at all.
12 Let’s swallow them alive like Sheol,[a]
and whole like those who go down into the Pit.[b]
13 We’ll find all kinds of valuable wealth,
and we’ll fill our houses with spoil.
14 Throw your lot in with us,
and all of us will have one purse.”
15 My son, do not go along with them,[c]
and keep your feet away from their paths!
16 For they[d] run toward evil;
these enticers[e] shed blood without hesitation.[f]
17 Look, it is useless to spread a net in full view of[g] all the birds,
18 but these people[h] lie in wait for their own blood.[i]
They ambush only themselves.
19 Such is the way of all those who seek illicit gain—
it takes away the lives of those who possess it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:12 I.e. the realm of the dead; possibly an allusion to the rebellion of Korah (cf. Num 16:33)
- Proverbs 1:12 I.e. the place of punishment in the afterlife
- Proverbs 1:15 Lit. in the way with them
- Proverbs 1:16 Lit. For their feet
- Proverbs 1:16 Lit. they
- Proverbs 1:16 Lit. blood quickly
- Proverbs 1:17 Lit. in the eyes of
- Proverbs 1:18 Lit. they
- Proverbs 1:18 The Heb. lacks their own
Proverbs 16:29
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29 A violent man entices his companion
and leads him on a path that is not good.
Proverbs 25:26
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26 A muddied spring or a polluted well—
that’s what a righteous person is
who compromises with the wicked.
Proverbs 27:3
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3 Rocks are heavy,
and sand is weighty,
but a fool’s provocation outweighs them both.
Proverbs 28:10
International Standard Version
10 Whoever misleads the upright along an evil way
will himself fall into his own pit,
but the blameless will inherit what is good.
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