Proverbs 1:17
Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
In Context
16For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.
18And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.
Cross References
Job 35:11Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?
Isaiah 1:3Even the ox has knowledge of its owner, and the ass of the place where its master puts its food: but Israel has no knowledge, my people give no thought to me.
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 →