Proverbs 1:12
let's swallow them up alive like Sheol,and whole, like those who go down into the pit.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
In Context
13We'll find all valuable wealth.We'll fill our houses with spoil.
Cross References
Numbers 26:10and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred fifty men, and they became a sign.
Psalms 28:1By David.To you, Lord, I call.My rock, do not be deaf to me;lest, if you are silent to me,I would become like those who go down into the pit.
Psalms 56:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up.All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
Psalms 124:3then they would have swallowed us up alive,when their wrath was kindled against us;
Jeremiah 51:34'Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel, he has, like a monster, swallowed me up, he has filled his maw with my delicacies; he has cast me out.
Lamentations 2:16All your enemies have opened wide their mouth against you.They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, "We have swallowed her up.Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it."PEY
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 →