Proverbs 1:18
And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
In Context
17Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:
19Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.
Cross References
Esther 7:10So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.
Psalms 9:16\9:15\The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.
Proverbs 5:22The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.
Matthew 27:4Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business.
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 →