Proverbs 1:11
If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
10My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.
12Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit.
Cross References
Psalms 35:7For without cause they have hidden their net for me unto destruction : without cause they have upbraided my soul.
Psalms 64:5to shoot in secret the undefiled.
Proverbs 1:18And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.
Proverbs 24:15Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest.
Proverbs 30:14A generation, that for teeth hath swords, and grindeth with their jaw teeth, to devour the needy from off 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 →