Proverbs 1:17
Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.
Literal Standard Version
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 they hurry to shed blood.
18And they lay wait for their own blood, || They watch secretly for their own lives.
Cross References
Job 35:11Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, || Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.
Isaiah 1:3An ox has known its owner, || And a donkey the crib of its master, || Israel has not known, || My people have 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 →