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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 1, Verse 9

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My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
King James Version
For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
American Standard Version
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.
New English Translation
For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.
World English Bible
for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.
10
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
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If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
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Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
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We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
14
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
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My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
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For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
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Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
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And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.
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So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.