8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
9For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11If they say: 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk for the innocent without cause;
12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil;
14Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse' —
15My son, walk not thou in the way with them, restrain thy foot from their path;
16For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
Proverbs 1
Proverbs 1:8-16