13. We’ll find all kinds of valuable propertyand fill our houses with plunder.
14. Throw in your lot with us,and we’ll all share our money” —
15. my son, don’t travel that road with them or set foot on their path,
16. because their feet run toward troubleand they hurry to commit murder.
17. It is foolish to spread a netwhere any bird can see it,
18. but they set an ambush to kill themselves; they attack their own lives.
19. Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly; it takes the lives of those who receive it.
20. Wisdom calls out in the street;she raises her voice in the public squares.
21. She cries out above the commotion;she speaks at the entrance of the city gates:
22. “How long, foolish ones, will you love ignorance?How long will you mockers enjoy mockingand you fools hate knowledge?