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- My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.
- If they say, "Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
- Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;
- We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil;
- Throw in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse,"
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- My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them.
- If they say, "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for someone's blood, let's waylay some harmless soul;
- let's swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
- we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;
- throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse"-
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- My son, do not walk in the way with them Keep your feet from their path,
- For their feet run to evil And they hasten to shed blood.
- Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net In the sight of any bird;
- But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.
- So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors.
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- my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;
- for their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed blood.
- How useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds!
- These men lie in wait for their own blood; they waylay only themselves!
- Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.
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