Proverbs 1:11
They may say, “Come with us! Join us! We will hide and then kill [MTY] someone who passes by. We will ambush some helpless/innocent people.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
10My son, if sinners tempt/entice you to do what is wrong, say “No” to them.
Cross References
Psalms 10:8They hide in villages, ready to ◄ambush/suddenly attack► and kill people who ◄are innocent/have done nothing wrong►. They constantly search for people who will not be able to ◄resist/defend themselves► when they are attacked.
Psalms 35:7Although I did not do anything wrong to them, they concealed a deep pit for me to fall into; they hid a net in which they would catch me.
Psalms 64:5They encourage each other about doing the evil things that they are planning to do; they talk with each other about where they can set traps to catch people, and they think, “No one [RHQ] will see what we are doing,
Proverbs 1:18But those wicked people are not like the birds, because they do not realize that when they prepare to ambush someone to kill him, they will be killed themselves!
Proverbs 24:15Do not be like wicked people who hide and wait to break into the houses of righteous/good people and rob/steal things.
Proverbs 30:14Some people act very cruelly toward others; it is as though [MET] they have teeth that are like sharp knives; they severely oppress poor people and try to cause them to disappear from the land.
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 →