Prov.1.8

Pay close attention, friend, to what your father tells you; never forget what you learned at your mother's knee.

Prov.1.8

Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

Prov.1.8

My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother;

Prov.1.8

Listen, my child, to what your father teaches you. Don't neglect your mother's teaching.

Prov.1.9

Wear their counsel like flowers in your hair, like rings on your fingers.

Prov.1.9

They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.

Prov.1.9

For they will be a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck.

Prov.1.9

What you learn from them will crown you with grace and clothe you with honor.

Prov.1.10

Dear friend, if bad companions tempt you, don't go along with them.

Prov.1.10

My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them.

Prov.1.10

My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.

Prov.1.10

My child, if sinners entice you, turn your back on them!

Prov.1.11

If they say--"Let's go out and raise some hell. Let's beat up some old man, mug some old woman.

Prov.1.11

If they say, "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for someone's blood, let's waylay some harmless soul;

Prov.1.11

If they say, "Come with us, Let us lie in wait to shed blood; Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

Prov.1.11

They may say, "Come and join us. Let's hide and kill someone! Let's ambush the innocent!

Prov.1.12

Let's pick them clean and get them ready for their funerals.

Prov.1.12

let's swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;

Prov.1.12

Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down to the Pit;

Prov.1.12

Let's swallow them alive as the grave swallows its victims. Though they are in the prime of life, they will go down into the pit of death.

Prov.1.13

We'll load up on top-quality loot. We'll haul it home by the truckload.

Prov.1.13

we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;

Prov.1.13

We shall find all kinds of precious possessions, We shall fill our houses with spoil;

Prov.1.13

And the loot we'll get! We'll fill our houses with all kinds of things!

Prov.1.14

Join us for the time of your life! With us, it's share and share alike!"-

Prov.1.14

throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse"-

Prov.1.14

Cast in your lot among us, Let us all have one purse"--

Prov.1.14

Come on, throw in your lot with us; we'll split our loot with you."

Prov.1.15

Oh, friend, don't give them a second look; don't listen to them for a minute.

Prov.1.15

my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;

Prov.1.15

My son, do not walk in the way with them, Keep your foot from their path;

Prov.1.15

Don't go along with them, my child! Stay far away from their paths.

Prov.1.16

They're racing to a very bad end, hurrying to ruin everything they lay hands on.

Prov.1.16

for their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed blood.

Prov.1.16

For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

Prov.1.16

They rush to commit crimes. They hurry to commit murder.

Prov.1.17

Nobody robs a bank with everyone watching,

Prov.1.17

How useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds!

Prov.1.17

Surely, in vain the net is spread In the sight of any bird;

Prov.1.17

When a bird sees a trap being set, it stays away.

Prov.1.18

Yet that's what these people are doing--they're doing themselves in.

Prov.1.18

These men lie in wait for their own blood; they waylay only themselves!

Prov.1.18

But they lie in wait for their own blood, They lurk secretly for their own lives.

Prov.1.18

But not these people! They set an ambush for themselves; they booby-trap their own lives!

Prov.1.19

When you grab all you can get, that's what happens: the more you get, the less you are.

Prov.1.19

Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.

Prov.1.19

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.

Prov.1.19

Such is the fate of all who are greedy for gain. It ends up robbing them of life.