This translation is from the New Jerusalem Bible. Other translations are available here. Information about the original Hebrew meaning of what seem to be the key words is provided immediately below the scriptural text.
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Listen, my child, to your father's instruction, do not reject your mother's teaching: 9they will be a crown of grace for your head, a circlet for your neck.
10My child, if sinners try to seduce you, do not go with them. 11If they say, 'Come with us: let us lie in ambush to shed blood; if we plan an ambush for the innocent without provocation, 12we can swallow them alive, like Sheol, and whole, like those who sink into oblivion. 13We shall find treasures of every sort, we shall fill our houses with plunder; 14throw in your lot with us: one purse between us all.'
15My child, do not follow them in their way, keep your steps out of their path 16for their feet hasten to evil, they are quick to shed blood; 17for the net is spread in vain if any winged creature can see it. 18It is for their own blood such people lie in wait, their ambush is against their own selves! 19Such are the paths of all who seek dishonest gain: which robs of their lives all who take it for their own.
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listen = שָׁמַע = šāmaʿ Blue Letter Bible listen to, obey; perceive by ear; hear with attention or interest, listen to; give heed; consent, agree; yield to; obey, be obedient; hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.); hear and answer
son = בֵּן = bēn Blue Letter Bible son, grandson, child, member of a group; male child; young men; children (pl. - male and female); foster son; disciple; one related to a time, place, emotion, condition, status; term of kindliness or endearment; expression of intimate and gracious relation
father = אָב = 'āḇ Blue Letter Bible father of an individual; God as father of his people; head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan; ancestor; originator or patron of a class, profession, or art; producer, generator (fig.); author; generator; figure of benevolence and protection (fig.);bringer up, nourisher; master; teacher; term of respect and honour; ruler or chief (spec.); principal
instruction = מוּסָר = muwcar Blue Letter Bible discipline, chastening, correction; reproof, warning or instruction; doctrine, instruction, rebuke; admonition; restraint
reject = נָטַשׁ = nāṭaš Blue Letter Bible leave, permit, forsake, cast off or away, reject; send away; suffer; join, disperse; spread out or abroad, be loosed; cease, abandon, quit; hang loose, cast down; make a raid; lie fallow; let fall, forgo; draw; smite; thrust off; battle; remit
mother = אֵם = 'ēm Blue Letter Bible mother; point of departure or division; the bond of the family; intimate relationship
teaching = תּוֹרָה = tôrâ Blue Letter Bible law; instruction, direction (human or divine); body of prophetic teaching; instruction in Messianic age; body of legal directives; custom, manner; the Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law; precept; statute; doctrine
crown = לִוְיָה = livyâ Blue Letter Bible wreath; garland; resulting from joining and bending
grace = חֵן = ḥēn Blue Letter Bible favour, good will; grace; charm; acceptance; elegance, beauty; supplication, prayer
head = רֹאשׁ = rō'š Blue Letter Bible head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning; top, tip; choicest, best; excellent; principal; highest, supreme
circlet = עֲנָק = ʿănāq Blue Letter Bible necklace, neck-pendant; collar
neck = גַּרְגְּרוֹת = gargᵊrôṯ Blue Letter Bible neck, throat
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