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Proverbs 1:11

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

They will say, “Come with us. Let’s hide and beat to death anyone who happens to walk by.

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There are evil men among my people. They are like men who make nets for catching birds. They set their traps, but they catch people instead of birds.

But evil people cannot see the trap they set for themselves.

Evil people use their words to hurt others, but the words from good people can save others from danger.

They asked Festus to do them a favor. They wanted him to send Paul back to Jerusalem because they had a plan to kill Paul on the way.

So this is what we want you to do: Send a message to the commander from you and the high council. Tell him you want him to bring Paul out to you. Say that you want to ask him more questions. We will be waiting to kill him while he is on the way here.”

By this I mean that all the faithful people are gone. There are no good people left. Everyone is planning to kill someone. Everyone is trying to trap their brother.

Before he showed me this, I was like a gentle lamb waiting to be butchered. I did not understand that they were against me. They were saying this about me: “Let us destroy the tree and its fruit! Let us kill him! Then people will forget him.”

There are people whose teeth are like swords and their jaws like knives. They take everything they can from the poor.

They run to do something evil, and they cannot wait to kill someone.

They hide together and watch every move I make, hoping for some way to kill me.

I did nothing wrong, but they tried to trap me. For no reason at all, they dug a pit to catch me.

Like hungry lions, they want to kill and eat. Like young lions, they hide, ready to attack.

But this happened to make clear the full meaning of what is written in their law: ‘They hated me for no reason.’

Don’t be like a criminal who makes plans to rob those who are good or take away their homes.

You are your own worst enemy if you take part in a crime. You will not be able to tell the truth even when people threaten you.




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