Proverbs 1:10-19
Lexham English Bible
10 My child, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
11 If they say,
“Come with us!
We shall lie in wait for blood;
we shall ambush the innocent without cause.[a]
12 Like Sheol,[b] we will swallow them alive
and whole, like those who descend to the pit.[c]
13 We shall find all precious wealth,
we shall fill our houses with booty,
14 you shall throw your lot in our midst,
there will be one purse for all of us.”
15 My child, do not walk in their way.[d]
Keep your foot from their paths,
16 for their feet run to evil,
and they hurry to shed blood,
17 for “in vain[e] is the net scattered,
in the sight of any winged bird.”[f]
18 They lie in wait for their own blood.
They ambush their own lives.
19 Thus are the ways of all who are greedy for gain—
it will take the life of its possessors.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:11 Or “wantonly,” or “for nothing”
- Proverbs 1:12 A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld
- Proverbs 1:12 Literally “like the descenders of a pit”
- Proverbs 1:15 Or “on their road”
- Proverbs 1:17 Or “without cause,” or “for nothing”
- Proverbs 1:17 Literally “bird of wing”
Proverbs 1:10-19
Common English Bible
10 My son, don’t let sinners entice you.
Don’t go
11 when they say:
“Come with us.
Let’s set up a deadly ambush.
Let’s secretly wait for the innocent just for fun.
12 Let’s swallow up the living like the grave[a]—
whole, like those who go down into the pit.
13 We’ll find all sorts of precious wealth;
we’ll fill our houses with plunder.
14 Throw in your lot with us;
we’ll share our money.”
15 My son, don’t go on the path with them;
keep your feet from their way,
16 because their feet run to evil;
they hurry to spill blood.
17 It’s useless to cast a net
in the sight of a bird.
18 But these sinners set up a deadly ambush;
they lie in wait for their own lives.
19 These are the ways of all who seek unjust gain;
it costs them their lives.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:12 Heb Sheol
Proverbs 16:29
Lexham English Bible
29 A person of violence will entice his neighbor
and cause him to walk on a way that is not good.
Proverbs 16:29
Common English Bible
29 Violent people entice their neighbors
and walk them down a path that isn’t good.
Proverbs 25:26
Lexham English Bible
26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain
is the righteous who gives way before the wicked.
Proverbs 25:26
Common English Bible
26 A righteous person giving in to the wicked
is like a contaminated spring or a polluted fountain.
Proverbs 27:3
Lexham English Bible
3 Heavy is a stone and weighty is sand,
but the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
Proverbs 27:3
Common English Bible
3 A stone is heavy and sand weighs much,
but the nuisance of fools is heavier than both.
Proverbs 28:10
Lexham English Bible
10 He who misleads the upright onto the way of evil,
into his pits he will fall.
But as for the blameless, they will inherit good.
Proverbs 28:10
Common English Bible
10 Whoever misleads those who do right onto an evil path
will fall into their own pit,
but the blameless will inherit good things.
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