9. For they are a fair wreath on your head, And chains about your neck.
10. My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in.
11. If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause.
12. “Let us swallow them alive like the grave, And entirely, like those going down to the pit.
13. “Let us find all precious goods, Let us 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 evil, And they hurry to shed blood.
17. For in vain the net is spread In the sight of any bird.
18. But they lie in wait for their own blood, They ambush their own lives.
19. Such are the ways of everyone greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.
20. Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the broad places.
21. At the head of the noisy streets she cries out, At the openings of the gates, In the city she speaks her words:
22. “How long, you simple ones, Would you love simplicity, And shall scoffers delight in their scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
23. “Turn at my reproof. See, I pour out my spirit on you, I make my words known to you.
24. “Because I called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one inclined,