Proverbs 1:18
וְהֵם לְדָמָם יֶאֱרֹבוּ יִצְפְּנוּ לְנַפְשֹׁתָֽם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
In Context
17כִּֽי ־ חִנָּם מְזֹרָה הָרָשֶׁת בְּעֵינֵי כָל ־ בַּעַל כָּנָֽף ׃
19כֵּן אָרְחוֹת כָּל ־ בֹּצֵֽעַ בָּצַע אֶת ־ נֶפֶשׁ בְּעָלָיו יִקָּֽח ׃ פ
Cross References
Esther 7:10וַיִּתְלוּ אֶת ־ הָמָן עַל ־ הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר ־ הֵכִין לְמָרְדֳּכָי וַחֲמַת הַמֶּלֶךְ שָׁכָֽכָה ׃ פ
Psalms 9:16טָבְעוּ גוֹיִם בְּשַׁחַת עָשׂוּ בְּרֶֽשֶׁת ־ זוּ טָמָנוּ נִלְכְּדָה רַגְלָֽם ׃
Proverbs 5:22עַֽווֹנוֹתָיו יִלְכְּדֻנוֹ אֶת ־ הָרָשָׁע וּבְחַבְלֵי חַטָּאתוֹ יִתָּמֵֽךְ ׃
Proverbs 11:5צִדְקַת תָּמִים תְּיַשֵּׁר דַּרְכּוֹ וּבְרִשְׁעָתוֹ יִפֹּל רָשָֽׁע ׃
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 →