Proverbs 1:11
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.
12let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
Cross References
Psalms 10:8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.
Psalms 35:7For without cause have they hidden for me their net [in] a pit; without cause they have digged [it] for my soul.
Psalms 64:5They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?
Proverbs 1:18And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
Proverbs 24:15Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; lay not waste his resting-place.
Proverbs 30:14a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw-teeth knives, to devour the afflicted from off the earth, and the needy 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 →