Warnings about sinful people

8 My son, pay attention to what I, your father, am teaching you.

And do not reject what your mother teaches you.

9 What we teach you will make you respected like having a lovely turban around your head

and like a beautiful necklace to put around your neck.

10 My son, if sinners tempt/entice you to do what is wrong,

say “No” to them.

11 They may say, “Come with us! Join us!

We will hide and then kill [MTY] someone who passes by.

We will ambush some helpless/innocent people.

12 We will kill them [HYP] and get rid of them completely,

just like people who are buried in graves are gone forever.

While they are in good health, we will send them to the place where dead people are.

13 And we will seize all the things that they own.

We will fill our houses with these things!

14 So, come with us!

Join our group!

We will share with you the things that we steal.”

15 My son, do not accompany them!

Do not walk on the roads with them!

16 They rush to do evil deeds!

They hurry to murder [MTY] people.

17 It is useless to put out a ◄trap/net to catch a bird► because when a bird sees it,

it stays away from it.

18 But those wicked people are not like the birds,

because they do not realize

that when they prepare to ambush someone to kill him,

they will be killed themselves!

19 That is what happens to people who eagerly try to get things by violently attacking others.

They will only destroy themselves!