Proverbs 1:11

If they say, “Come with us, 1 let us lie in wait for blood, 1 let us hide and attack innocent people for no reason. 1

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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 try to entice you into their sin, 1 refuse to follow them. 1

12Let us swallow them up alive, like Sheol takes away those who are healthy, 1 and make them like those who fall into the pit. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 10:8He waits in ambush near the villages; 1 in the secret places he murders the innocent; 1 his eyes look for some helpless victim. 1

Psalms 35:7Without cause they set their net for me; 1 without cause they dug a pit for my life. 1

Psalms 64:5They encourage themselves in an evil plan; 1 they consult privately together in order to set traps; 1 they say, “Who will see us?” 1

Proverbs 1:18These men lie in wait for their own blood— 1 they set an ambush for their own lives. 1

Proverbs 24:15Do not lie in wait like the wicked person 1 who attacks the house of the righteous person. 1 Do not destroy his home! 1

Proverbs 30:14There is a generation whose teeth are swords, 1 and their jawbones are like knives, 1 so they may devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among humanity. 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 →

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