rsv Proverbs:1:8-19 SEEK
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Hear ,
my son ,
your father '
s instruction ,
and reject not your mother '
s teaching ;
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for they are a fair garland for your head ,
and pendants for your neck .
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My son ,
if sinners entice you ,
do not consent .
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If they say , "
Come with us ,
let us lie in wait for blood ,
let us wantonly ambush the innocent ;
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like Sheol let us swallow them alive and whole ,
like those who go down to the Pit ;
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we shall find all precious goods ,
we shall fill our houses with spoil ;
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throw in your lot among us ,
we will all have one purse "--
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my son ,
do not walk in the way with them ,
hold back your foot from their paths ;
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for their feet run to evil ,
and they make haste to shed blood .
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For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird ;
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but these men lie in wait for their own blood ,
they set an ambush for their own lives .
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Such are the ways of all who get gain by violence ;
it takes away the life of its possessors .