Proverbs 1:18
Likewise, they lie in ambush against their own blood, and they undertake deceits against their own souls.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
In Context
17But a net is thrown in vain before the eyes of those who have wings.
19Thus, the ways of all those who are greedy seize the souls of those who possess.
Cross References
Esther 7:10And so Haman was hanged on the gallows, which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king’s anger was quieted.
Psalms 9:16I will exult in your salvation. The Gentiles have become trapped in the ruin that they made. Their foot has been caught in the same snare that they themselves had hidden.
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities take hold of the impious, and he is bound by the cords of his own sins.
Proverbs 11:5The justice of the simple shall direct his way. And the impious will fall in his impiety.
Matthew 27:4saying, “I have sinned in betraying just blood.” But they said to him: “What is that to us? See to it yourself.”
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 →