Proverbs 1:18
So they lie in wait for their own blood; They lurk secretly for their own lives.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
In Context
17For as the net is spread in vain Before the eyes of any bird,
Cross References
Psalms 9:16Thus it is known that the LORD executeth judgment; The wicked are ensnared in the work of their own hands. [[Stringed instruments. Pause.]]
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked; Yea, he shall be held fast by the cords of his own sins.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the good man maketh his way plain; But the wicked falleth through his wickedness.
Matthew 27:4saying, I sinned in betraying innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? See thou to 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 →