New English Translation

Proverbs 1:16-21 New English Translation (NET)

16. for they are eager to inflict harm,and they hasten to shed blood.

17. Surely it is futile to spread a netin plain sight of any bird,

18. but these men lie in wait for their own blood,they ambush their own lives!

19. Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!

20. Wisdom calls out in the street, she shouts loudly in the plazas;

21. at the head of the noisy streets she calls,in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words: