Proverbs 1:10-19
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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
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10 My child, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.(A)
11 If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
let us wantonly ambush the innocent;(B)
12 like Sheol let us swallow them alive
and whole, like those who go down to the Pit.(C)
13 We shall find all kinds of costly things;
we shall fill our houses with spoil.
14 Throw in your lot among us;
we will all have one purse”—
15 my child, do not walk in their way;
keep your foot from their paths,(D)
16 for their feet run to evil,
and they hurry to shed blood.(E)
17 For in vain is the net baited
while the bird is looking on;
18 yet they lie in wait—to kill themselves!
and set an ambush—for their own lives!
19 Such is the end[a] of all who are greedy for gain;
it takes away the life of its possessors.(F)
Footnotes
- 1.19 Gk: Heb are the ways
Proverbs 16:29
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29 A man of violence entices his neighbor,
and leads him in a way that is not good.
Proverbs 16:29
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29 The violent entice their neighbors
and lead them in a way that is not good.(A)
Proverbs 25:26
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26 Like a muddied spring and a polluted well,
so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
Proverbs 25:26
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26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain
are the righteous who give way before the wicked.(A)
Proverbs 27:3
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3 A stone is heavy,
and sand is a burden;
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
Proverbs 27:3
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3 A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.(A)
Proverbs 28:10
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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
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10 Those who mislead the upright into evil ways
will fall into pits of their own making,
but the blameless will have a goodly inheritance.(A)
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