Proverbs 1:12

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

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

In Context

11If they should say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us watch in concealment for the uselessly innocent;

13We shall find all [kinds of] precious wealth, we will fill our houses with booty;

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Cross References

Numbers 26:10When the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korach, while that company died, when the fire devoured the two hundred and fifty men; and they became a sign.

Psalms 28:1“Of David.” Unto thee, O Lord, will I call; O my rock, turn not unheeding from me: lest thou turn away silent from me, and I become like those that go down into the pit.

Psalms 56:1“To the chief musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, by David, a Michtham, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.” (56:2) Be gracious unto me, O God; for man longeth to swallow me up; all the time he oppresseth me fighting.

Psalms 124:3Then would they have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

Jeremiah 51:34“Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon devoured me, he crushed me, he set me down as an empty vessel, he swallowed me up like a huge serpent, he filled his belly with my delicacies: he drove me out.

Lamentations 2:16All thy enemies open wide their mouth against thee; they hiss and gnash their teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up: ah, truly this is the day that we hoped for; we have found, we have seen it.

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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