Proverbs 1:17
But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
In Context
16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
18And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.
Cross References
Job 35:11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.
Isaiah 1:3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath 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 →