Proverbs 1:18
but these lay in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
In Context
17For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird;
19So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.
Cross References
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.
Psalms 9:16The LORD has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
Proverbs 5:22The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Matthew 27:4saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”
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 →