Proverbs 1:17
For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird: 1
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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. 2 They hurry to shed blood. + 1:16. Quoted in Rom 3:15 1
18but these lay wait for their own blood. 2 They lurk secretly for their own lives. 1
Cross References
Isaiah 1:3The ox knows his owner, 2 and the donkey his master’s crib; 2 but Israel [God prevails] does not know, 2 my people don’t consider.” 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 →