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f My son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not forsake the law of your mother;
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For they will be a g graceful ornament on your head,
And chains about your neck.
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My son, if sinners entice you,
h Do not consent.
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If they say, "Come with us,
Let us i lie in wait to shed blood;
Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
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Let us swallow them alive like 1 Sheol,
And whole, j like those who go down to the Pit;
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We shall find all kinds of precious 2 possessions,
We shall fill our houses with 3 spoil;
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Cast in your lot among us,
Let us all have one purse" -
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My son, k do not walk in the way with them,
l Keep your foot from their path;
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m For their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed blood.
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Surely, in 4 vain the net is spread
In the sight of any 5 bird;
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But they lie in wait for their own blood,
They lurk secretly for their own lives.
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n So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
It takes away the life of its owners.