Proverbs 1:11
They may tell you, “Come with us. Let's go and hide, ready to kill someone. Let's ambush someone for fun!
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10My son, if evil people try to tempt you, don't give into them.
12Let's bury them alive; let's put them in the grave while they're still healthy!
Cross References
Psalms 10:8They hide out in ambush in the villages, ready to kill innocent passers-by. They are always on the lookout for their next victim.
Psalms 35:7For no reason they set a net to catch me; for no reason they dug a pit to trap me.
Psalms 64:5They encourage one another to do evil, planning how to secretly trap people, telling themselves, “Nobody will notice.”
Proverbs 1:18However, these evil people hide ready to kill others, but they themselves are the victims. They're only ambushing themselves!
Proverbs 24:15Don't be like a criminal waiting to ambush the home of good people; don't attack the place where they live.
Proverbs 30:14There are some who have teeth like swords, incisors like knives, ready to devour the poor from the earth, the needy from society.
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 →