Hear, my child, your father's
instruction,
and do not reject your mother's
teaching;
for they are a fair garland for your
head,
and pendants for your neck.
My child, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.
If they say, 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
let us wantonly ambush the
innocent;
like Sheol let us swallow them alive
and whole, like those who go
down to the Pit.
We shall find all kinds of costly
things;
we shall fill our houses with booty.
Throw in your lot among us;
we will all have one purse-
my child, do not walk in their way,
keep your foot from their paths;
for their feet run to evil,
and they hurry to shed blood.
For in vain is the net baited
while the bird is looking on;
yet they lie in wait- to kill
themselves!
and set an ambush - for their own
lives!
Such is the end of all who are greedy
for gain;
it takes away the life of its
posssessors. (Proverbs 1:8-19)