1:8 Listen, ¹  my child, ²  to the instruction ³  from ⁴  your father,

and do not forsake the teaching ⁵  from ⁶  your mother.

1:9 For they will be like ⁷  an elegant ⁸  garland ⁹  on ¹⁰  your head,

and like ¹¹  pendants ¹²  around ¹³  your neck.

1:10 My child, if sinners ¹⁴  try to entice ¹⁵  you,

do not consent! ¹⁶ 

1:11 If they say, “Come with us!

We will ¹⁷  lie in wait ¹⁸  to shed blood; ¹⁹ 

we will ambush ²⁰  an innocent person ²¹  capriciously. ²² 

1:12 We will swallow them alive ²³  like Sheol, ²⁴ 

those full of vigor ²⁵  like those going down to the Pit.

1:13 We will seize ²⁶  all kinds ²⁷  of precious wealth;

we will fill our houses with plunder. ²⁸ 

1:14 Join with us! ²⁹ 

We will all share ³⁰  equally in what we steal.” ³¹ 

1:15 My child, do not go down ³²  their way, ³³ 

withhold yourself ³⁴  from their path; ³⁵ 

1:16 for they ³⁶  are eager ³⁷  to inflict harm, ³⁸ 

and they hasten ³⁹  to shed blood. ⁴⁰ 

1:17 Surely it is futile to spread ⁴¹  a net

in plain sight of ⁴²  any bird, ⁴³ 

1:18 but these men lie in wait for their own blood, ⁴⁴ 

they ambush their own lives! ⁴⁵ 

1:19 Such ⁴⁶  are the ways ⁴⁷  of all who gain profit unjustly; ⁴⁸ 

it ⁴⁹  takes away the life ⁵⁰  of those who obtain it! ⁵¹