Proverbs 1:11-16

New Catholic Bible

¹¹ They may say, “Come and join us
    as we lie in ambush to shed someone’s blood;
    let us waylay some innocent man;
¹² like the netherworld we can swallow him alive,
    in his prime like those who go down to the pit.
¹³ We will discover riches of every sort^[a]
    with which we can fill our houses;
¹⁴ so throw in your lot with us
    and share in the common purse.”
¹⁵ My son, do not accompany them!
    Do not allow your feet to follow their path!
¹⁶ For their feet are rushing headlong to evil;
    they are hastening to shed blood.^[b]