8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and reject not the rules of thy mother.
9 For thou shalt receive for thine head a crown of graces, and a chain of gold round thy neck.
10 My son, let not ungodly men lead thee astray, neither consent thou to them.
11 If they should exhort thee, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth:
12 and let us swallow him alive, as Hades would, and remove the memorial of him from the earth:
13 let us seize on his valuable property, and let us fill our houses with spoils:
14 but do thou cast in thy lot with us, and let us all provide a common purse, and let us have one pouch:
15 go not in the way with them, but turn aside thy foot from their paths:
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17 for nets are not without cause spread for birds.
18 For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; and the overthrow of transgressors is evil.
19 These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.