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Proverbs 1:10-20 English Standard Version (ESV)

10. My son, if sinners entice you,do not consent.

11. If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason;

12. like Sheol let us swallow them alive,and whole, like those who go down to the pit;

13. we shall find all precious goods,we shall fill our houses with plunder;

14. throw in your lot among us;we will all have one purse”—

15. my son, do not walk in the way with them; hold back your foot from their paths,

16. for their feet run to evil,and they make haste to shed blood.

17. For in vain is a net spreadin the sight of any bird,

18. but these men lie in wait for their own blood;they set an ambush for their own lives.

19. Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.

20. Wisdom cries aloud in the street,in the markets she raises her voice;

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