Proverbs 1:11
If they say, “Come with us. Let’s lie in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.
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In Context
10My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.
12Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.
Cross References
Psalms 10:8He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
Psalms 35:7For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
Psalms 64:5They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?”
Proverbs 1:18but these lay in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
Proverbs 24:15Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don’t destroy his resting place;
Proverbs 30:14There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from amongst men.
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 →