My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason;
like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole like those who go down to the pit; we shall find all precious goods,
we shall fill our houses with plunder; throw in your lot among us; we will all have one purse"-
my son, do not walk in the way with them; hold back hour foot from their paths, for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird, but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.
Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain;
it takes away the life of its possessors. - Proverbs 1:10-19 (ESV)
Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.
Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.
Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure.
Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. - Proverbs 4:24-27 (ESV)
My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding, that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge. - Proverbs 5:1 (ESV)
