12. Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;
13. We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil;
14. Throw in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse,"
15. My son, do not walk in the way with them. Keep your feet from their path,
16. For their feet run to evil And they hasten to shed blood.
17. Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net In the sight of any bird;
18. But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.
19. So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors.
20. Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square;