Proverbs 1:7-13

⁷The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and there is good understanding to all that practise it: and piety toward God is the beginning of discernment; but the ungodly will set at nought wisdom and instruction.

⁸Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and reject not the rules of thy mother.

⁹For thou shalt receive for thine head a crown of graces, and a chain of gold round thy neck.

¹⁰My son, let not ungodly men lead thee astray, neither consent thou to them.

¹¹If they should exhort thee, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth:

¹²and let us swallow him alive, as Hades would, and remove the memorial of him from the earth:

¹³let us seize on his valuable property, and let us fill our houses with spoils: