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Proverbs 1:15-17
Contemporary English Version
Proverbs 1:15-17
Contemporary English Version
15 Don't follow anyone like that
or do what they do.
16 They are in a big hurry
to commit some crime,
perhaps even murder.
17 They are like a bird
that sees the bait,
but ignores the trap.[a]
Footnotes
- 1.17 They are … trap: Or “Be like a bird that won't go for the bait, if it sees the trap.”
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