8  Hear, my son, your ^mfather’s ⁿinstruction,

and ^oforsake not ^pyour mother’s teaching,

9  for they are a ^qgraceful garland for your head

and pendants ^rfor your neck.

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;