12. let us swallow them up alive as the grave,and whole, as those who go down into the pit;
13. we will find all kinds of precious possessions;we will fill our houses with spoil;
14. cast in your lot among us,let us all have one purse”—
15. my son, do not walk in the way with them,keep your foot from their path;
16. for their feet run to eviland make haste to shed blood.
17. Surely in vain the net is spreadin the sight of any bird.
18. They lie in wait for their own blood;they lurk secretly for their own lives.
19. So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain,which takes away the life of its owners.
20. Wisdom cries out in the street;she utters her voice in the markets.
21. She cries at the corner of the streets, in the openings of the gates;she speaks her words in the city, saying:
22. “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?For the scorners delight in their scorning,and fools hate knowledge.