Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
Updated King James Version
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 you will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if you be silent to 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; he fighting daily oppresses me.
Psalms 124:3Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
Jeremiah 51:34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel, he has swallowed me up like a dragon, he has filled his belly with my delicates, he has cast me out.
Lamentations 2:16All yours enemies have opened 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.
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 →