9 For they
will be a
agraceful ornament on your head,
And chains about your neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice you,
aDo not consent.
11 If they say, “Come with us,
Let us
alie in wait to
shed blood;
Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
12 Let us swallow them alive like
1 Sheol,
And whole,
alike those who go down to the Pit;
13 We shall find all
kinds of precious
1 possessions,
We shall fill our houses with
1 spoil;
14 Cast in your lot among us,
Let us all have one purse”—
15 My son,
ado not walk in the way with them,
bKeep your foot from their path;
16 aFor their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely, in
1 vain the net is spread
In the sight of any
1 bird;
18 But they lie in wait for their
own blood,
They lurk secretly for their
own lives.
19 aSo
are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
It takes away the life of its owners.
The Call of Wisdom
20 aWisdom calls aloud
1 outside;
She raises her voice in the open squares.
21 She cries out in the
1 chief concourses,
At the openings of the gates in the city
She speaks her words:
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
