9. for they are a graceful wreath on your head,and beads for your neck.
10. My son, don’t let sinners entice you.Don’t go
11. when they say:"Come with us.Let’s set up a deadly ambush.Let’s secretly wait for the innocent just for fun.
12. Let’s swallow up the living like the grave—whole, like those who go down into the pit.
13. We’ll find all sorts of precious wealth;we’ll fill our houses with plunder.
14. Throw in your lot with us;we’ll share our money."
15. My son, don’t go on the path with them;keep your feet from their way,
16. because their feet run to evil;they hurry to spill blood.
17. It’s useless to cast a netin the sight of a bird.
18. But these sinners set up a deadly ambush;they lie in wait for their own lives.
19. These are the ways of all who seek unjust gain;it costs them their lives.
20. Wisdom shouts in the street;in the public square she raises her voice.
21. Above the noisy crowd, she calls out.At the entrances of the city gates, she has her say:
22. "How long will you clueless people love your naïveté, mockers hold their mocking dear,and fools hate knowledge?
23. You should respond when I correct you.Look, I’ll pour out my spirit on you.I’ll reveal my words to you.
24. I invited you, but you rejected me;I stretched out my hand to you,but you paid no attention.