Proverbs 1:18
Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
In Context
17Surely, in vain, is spread the net, in the sight of aught that hath wings!
Cross References
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai,—and, the wrath of the king, was appeased.
Psalms 9:16To be known is Yahweh, by the sentence he hath executed, By the doing of his own hands, is he about to strike down the lawless one. [Resounding music. Selah.]
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the blameless, shall smooth his way, but, by his own lawlessness, shall the lawless one, fall.
Matthew 27:4saying—I have sinned, in delivering up righteous blood. But, they, said—What is that to us? thou, shalt see to it for thyself.
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 →