12. like Sheol let us swallow them alive,and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
13. we shall find all precious goods,we shall fill our houses with plunder;
14. throw in your lot among us;we will all have one purse”—
15. my son, do not walk in the way with them; hold back your foot from their paths,
16. for their feet run to evil,and they make haste to shed blood.
17. For in vain is a net spreadin the sight of any bird,
18. but these men lie in wait for their own blood;they set an ambush for their own lives.
19. Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.
20. Wisdom cries aloud in the street,in the markets she raises her voice;
21. at the head of the noisy streets she cries out;at the entrance of the city gates she speaks: