Proverbs 1:11

If they should say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us watch in concealment for the uselessly innocent;

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

In Context

10My son, if sinners wish to entice thee, consent thou not.

12We will swallow them up like the grave alive; and the men of integrity, as those that go down into the pit;

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Cross References

Psalms 10:8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes search for the unfortunate.

Psalms 35:7For without cause have they hidden for me their net in a pit, without cause have they dug [pit-falls] against my life.

Psalms 64:5(64:6) They encourage themselves in an evil plan; they tell secretly of laying snares: they say, Who will see them?

Proverbs 1:18While they lie in wait for their [own] blood; they watch in concealment for their [own] lives.

Proverbs 24:15Lie not in wait, O wicked man! against the dwelling of the righteous; waste not his resting-place;

Proverbs 30:14There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and whose string teeth are as knives, to devour the poor 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 →

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