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17 It is useless to spread out a net
    right where the birds can see it.
18 But sinners will ·fall into their own traps [L set up a deadly ambush];
    they ·will only catch [L lie in wait for] themselves!
19 All greedy people end up this way;
    ·greed kills selfish people [L they take their own lives].

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17 How useless to spread a net
    where every bird can see it!
18 These men lie in wait(A) for their own blood;
    they ambush only themselves!(B)
19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
    it takes away the life of those who get it.(C)

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