^{8 Ref} My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

^{9 Ref} For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.

^{10 Ref} My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.

^{11 Ref} If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;

^{12 Ref} Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;

^{13 Ref} We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil;

¹⁴ Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse:

^{15 Ref} My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:

^{16 Ref} For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

^{17 Ref} For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:

^{18 Ref} And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

^{19 Ref} So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.