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Listen, my son, to your father's instruction
and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
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They are a garland to grace your head
and a chain to adorn your neck.
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My son, if sinful men entice you,
do not give in to them.
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If they say, "Come along with us;
let's lie in wait for innocent blood,
let's ambush some harmless soul;
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let's swallow them alive, like the grave,
and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
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we will get all sorts of valuable things
and fill our houses with plunder;
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cast lots with us;
we will all share the loot" -
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my son, do not go along with them,
do not set foot on their paths;
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for their feet rush into evil,
they are swift to shed blood.
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How useless to spread a net
where every bird can see it!
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These men lie in wait for their own blood;
they ambush only themselves!
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Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
it takes away the life of those who get it.