9. Their teaching will be like flowers in your hairor a necklace around your neck.
10. My child, if sinners try to lead you into sin,do not follow them.
11. They will say, “Come with us.Let’s ambush and kill someone;let’s attack some innocent people just for fun.
12. Let’s swallow them alive, as death does;let’s swallow them whole, as the grave does.
13. We will take all kinds of valuable thingsand fill our houses with stolen goods.
14. Come join us,and we will share with you stolen goods.”
15. My child, do not go along with them;do not do what they do.
16. They are eager to do eviland are quick to kill.
17. It is useless to spread out a netright where the birds can see it.
18. But sinners will fall into their own traps;they will only catch themselves!
19. All greedy people end up this way;greed kills selfish people.
20. Wisdom is like a woman shouting in the street;she raises her voice in the city squares.
21. She cries out in the noisy streetand shouts at the city gates: