Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
Revised Version 1895
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 shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil;
Cross References
Numbers 26:10and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign.
Psalms 28:1Unto thee, O LORD, will I call; my rock, be not thou deaf unto me: lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Psalms 56:1Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long he fighting oppresseth me.
Psalms 124:3Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:
Jeremiah 51:34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his maw with my delicates; he hath cast me out.
Lamentations 2:16All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee; 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.
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 →