Proverbs 1:11

If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

In Context

10My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

12Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;

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Cross References

Psalms 10:8He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.

Psalms 35:7For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.

Psalms 64:5\64:4\So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

Proverbs 1:18And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.

Proverbs 24:15Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

Proverbs 30:14There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.

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 →

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