8. My child, listen when your father corrects you.Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
9. What you learn from them will crown you with graceand be a chain of honor around your neck.
10. My child, if sinners entice you,turn your back on them!
11. They may say, “Come and join us.Let’s hide and kill someone!Just for fun, let’s ambush the innocent!
12. Let’s swallow them alive, like the grave;let’s swallow them whole, like those who go down to the pit of death.
13. Think of the great things we’ll get!We’ll fill our houses with all the stuff we take.
14. Come, throw in your lot with us;we’ll all share the loot.”
15. My child, don’t go along with them!Stay far away from their paths.
16. They rush to commit evil deeds.They hurry to commit murder.
17. If a bird sees a trap being set,it knows to stay away.
18. But these people set an ambush for themselves;they are trying to get themselves killed.
19. Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money;it robs them of life.
20. Wisdom shouts in the streets.She cries out in the public square.
21. She calls to the crowds along the main street,to those gathered in front of the city gate: