10  My son, if sinners ^sentice you,

do not consent.

11  If they say, “Come with us, let us ^tlie in wait for blood;

let us ambush the innocent without reason;

12  like Sheol let us swallow them alive,

and whole, like ^uthose who go down to the pit;

13  we shall find all precious goods,

we shall fill our houses with plunder;

14  throw in your lot among us;

we will all have one purse”—

15  ^vmy son, do not ^wwalk in the way with them;

^xhold back your foot from their paths,

16  for ^ytheir feet run to evil,

and they make haste to shed blood.

17  For in vain is a net spread

in the sight of any bird,

18  but these men lie in wait for their own blood;

they set an ambush for their own lives.

19  Such are the ways of everyone who is ^zgreedy for unjust gain;

it takes away the life of its possessors.