Proverbs 1:11-18 ▼

11 If they say, “Come with us, Let’s lie in wait for blood, Let’s ambush the innocent without cause;

12 Let’s swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, like those who go down to the pit;

13 We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with plunder;

14 Throw in your lot with us; We will all have one money bag,”

15 My son, do not walk on the way with them. Keep your feet from their path,

16 For their feet run to evil, And they are quick 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.