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Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down to the Pit;
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We shall find all kinds of precious possessions, We shall fill our houses with spoil;
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Cast in your lot among us, Let us all have one purse"--
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My son, do not walk in the way with them, Keep your foot from their path;
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For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
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Surely, in vain the net is spread In the sight of any bird;
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But they lie in wait for their own blood, They lurk secretly for their own lives.
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So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.
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Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares.
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She cries out in the chief concourses, At the openings of the gates in the city She speaks her words:
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"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge.