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Proverbs 1:9-15 Amplified Bible (AMP)

9. For they are a [victor's] chaplet (garland) of grace upon your head and chains and pendants [of gold worn by kings] for your neck.

10. My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. [Ps. 1:1; Eph. 5:11.]

11. If they say, Come with us; let us lie in wait [to shed] blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause [and show that his piety is in vain];

12. Let us swallow them up alive as does Sheol (the place of the dead), and whole, as those who go down into the pit [of the dead];

13. We shall find and take all kinds of precious goods [when our victims are put out of the way], we shall fill our houses with plunder;

14. Throw in your lot with us [they insist] and be a sworn brother and comrade; let us all have one purse in common–

15. My son, do not walk in the way with them; restrain your foot from their path;