Proverbs 1:11
If they should exhort thee, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth:
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
10My son, let not ungodly men lead thee astray, neither consent thou to them.
12and let us swallow him alive, as Hades would, and remove the memorial of him from the earth:
Cross References
Psalms 35:7Thy righteousness is as the + 35:7 Or, vast mountains.mountains of God, thy judgments are as a great deep: O Lord, thou wilt preserve men and beasts.
Psalms 64:5Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and adopted; he shall dwell in thy courts; we shall be filled with the good things of thy house; thy temple is holy.
Proverbs 1:18For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; and the overthrow of transgressors is evil.
Proverbs 24:15Bring not an ungodly man into the dwelling of the righteous: neither be deceived by the feeding of the belly.
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 →