Proverbs 1:11
If they should say: “Come with us. We will lie in wait for blood. We will lay traps against the innocent, without cause.
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In Context
10My son, if sinners should entice you, do not consent to them.
12Let us swallow him alive, like Hell, and whole, like one descending into the pit.
Cross References
Psalms 10:8For the Lord is just, and he has chosen justice. His countenance has beheld equity.
Psalms 35:7Your justice is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are a great abyss. Men and beasts, you will save, O Lord.
Psalms 64:5Blessed is he whom you have chosen and taken up. He will dwell in your courts. We will be filled with the good things of your house. Holy is your temple:
Proverbs 1:18Likewise, they lie in ambush against their own blood, and they undertake deceits against their own souls.
Proverbs 24:15Do not lie in wait, and do not seek impiety in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest.
Proverbs 30:14There is a generation which has swords in place of teeth, and which commands their molars to devour the indigent from the earth and the poor 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 →