Proverbs 1:11
If they say, Come with us, 1 let us lie in wait for dahm, 1 let us lurk secretly for the naki (innocent, harmless) chinnom (without cause); 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
10Beni (my son), if chatt'aim (sinners) entice thee, 1 consent thou not. 1
Cross References
Psalms 10:8He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages; 1 in the places for ambush doth he murder the naki (innocent); 1 his eyes are secretly set against the poor. 1
Psalms 35:7For without cause have they hid for me 1 their reshet (net) in a shachat (pit), 1 which without cause they dug for my nefesh. 1
Psalms 64:5That they may shoot in secret at the tam (innocent); 1 pitom (suddenly) do they shoot at him, and fear not. 1
Proverbs 1:18And they lie in wait for their own dahm; 1 they lurk secretly for their own nafshot. 1
Proverbs 24:15Lay not in wait, O rasha, against the naveh (dwelling) of the tzaddik; 1 assault not his resting place; 1
Proverbs 30:14There is a dor (generation), whose teeth are as charavot (swords), 1 and their jaw teeth are as knives, 1 to devour the aniyim (oppressed poor ones) from off ha'aretz, 1 and the evyonim (needy ones) from among adam. 1
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 →