Proverbs 1:10-19
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My son, if sinners entice you,
do not give in to them.
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If they say, “Come along with us;
let’s lie in wait for someone’s blood,
let’s waylay some harmless soul;
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let’s swallow them alive, like the grave,
and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
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we will get all sorts of valuable things
and fill our houses with plunder;
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throw in your lot with us,
and we will share a common purse”—
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my son, do not go along with them,
do not set foot on their paths;
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for their feet rush into sin,
they are swift to shed blood.
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How useless to spread a net
in full view of all the birds!
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These men lie in wait for their own blood;
they waylay only themselves!
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Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
it takes away the lives of those who get it.