Proverbs 1:10-19 Parallel Bible Translations

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10 My son, if sinners lure you, do not go along. My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them.
11 If they say, |Come with us. Let's set an ambush to kill someone. Let's hide to ambush innocent people for fun. If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason; If they say, “Come along with us; let’s lie in wait for innocent blood, let’s ambush some harmless soul;
12 We'll swallow them alive like the grave, like those in good health who go into the pit. like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit; let’s swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
13 We'll find all kinds of valuable possessions. We'll fill our homes with stolen goods. we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder; we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;
14 Join us. We'll split the loot equally.| throw in your lot among us; we will all have one purse”— cast lots with us; we will all share the loot|—
15 My son, do not follow them in their way. Do not even set foot on their path, my son, do not walk in the way with them; hold back your foot from their paths, my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;
16 because they rush to do evil and hurry to shed blood. for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. for their feet rush into evil, they are swift to shed blood.
17 It does no good to spread a net within the sight of any bird. For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird, How useless to spread a net where every bird can see it!
18 But these people set an ambush for their own murder. They go into hiding only to lose their lives. but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives. These men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush only themselves!
19 This is what happens to everyone who is greedy for unjust gain. Greed takes away his life. Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors. Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the life of those who get it.
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