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• 30 Sep 08
  

  William Hummel

  •  2 for attaining wisdom and discipline;
           for understanding words of insight;

     3 for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life,
           doing what is right and just and fair;

     4 for giving prudence to the simple,
           knowledge and discretion to the young-
  •  7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge,
           but fools ^[a] despise wisdom and discipline.

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

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

     12 let's swallow them alive, like the grave, ^[b]
           and whole, like those who go down to the pit;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  •  32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
           and the complacency of fools will destroy them;

     33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety
           and be at ease, without fear of harm."

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