15 My son, (A)do not walk in the way with them,
(B)Keep your foot from their path;
16 (C)For their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely, in [a]vain the net is spread
In the sight of any [b]bird;

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:17 futility
  2. Proverbs 1:17 Lit. lord of the wing

15 my son, do not go along with them,
    do not set foot(A) on their paths;(B)
16 for their feet rush into evil,(C)
    they are swift to shed blood.(D)
17 How useless to spread a net
    where every bird can see it!

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