Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those who go down into the pit.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
In Context
13We shall find all precious substance. We shall fill our houses with spoil.
Cross References
Numbers 26:10and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died, that time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became an example.
Psalms 28:1To thee, O LORD, I will call. My rock, be not thou deaf to me, lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like those who go down into the pit.
Psalms 56:1Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up. Fighting all the day long he oppresses me.
Psalms 124:3then they would have swallowed us up alive when their wrath was kindled against us,
Jeremiah 51:34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me. He has crushed me. He has made me an empty vessel. He has, like a monster, swallowed me up. He has filled his stomach with my delicacies. He has cast me out.
Lamentations 2:16All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee. They hiss and gnash the teeth. They say, We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that we looked for. We have found, we have seen it.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:11-20
Parental Admonitions. 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: 12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: 14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: 16 For their feet run to… Read the whole commentary →