Proverbs 1:17
But a net is laid in vain before the eyes of birds, that have wings.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
In Context
16For the feet of them run to evil; and they hasten to shed out blood.
Cross References
Job 35:11And the which teacheth us above the beasts of [the] earth, and he shall teach us above the birds of (the) heaven (s). (And who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and the birds of the air.)
Isaiah 1:3An ox knew his lord, and an ass knew the cratch of his lord; but Israel knew not me, and my people understood not. (An ox knew its master, and a donkey knew its master’s stall; but Israel knoweth not, and my people do not understand.)
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 →