Proverbs 1:11

If they say, “Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us lurk secretly for him who is innocent in vain;

Noyes Bible

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 entice thee, Consent thou not!

12Let us swallow them up alive, like the underworld, Yea, in full health, 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 secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are secretly fixed upon the poor.

Psalms 35:7For without cause they have laid for me a snare; Without cause they have digged for me a pit.

Psalms 64:5They prepare themselves for an evil deed; They commune of laying secret snares: “Who,” say they, “will see them?”

Proverbs 1:18So they lie in wait for their own blood; They lurk secretly for their own lives.

Proverbs 24:15Plot not, O wicked man! against the habitation of the righteous; Spoil not his resting-place!

Proverbs 30:14There is a class, whose teeth are swords, And their jaw-teeth 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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