Proverbs 1:17
But a net is thrown in vain before the eyes of those who have wings.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
In Context
16For their feet rush to evil, and they hurry to shed blood.
Cross References
Job 35:11who teaches us in addition to the beasts of the earth, and who educates us along with the birds of the air?”
Isaiah 1:3An ox knows his owner, and a donkey knows the manger of his lord, but Israel has not known me, and my people have not understood.
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 →