Proverbs 1:18
Also they set ambush against their own blood; and make ready frauds, or guiles, against their (own) souls.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
In Context
17But a net is laid in vain before the eyes of birds, that have wings.
19So the paths of each avaricious man ravish, or take away, the souls of them that wield (them).
Cross References
Esther 7:10Therefore Haman was hanged in the gibbet, which he had made ready to Mordecai, and the ire of the king rested. (And so Haman was hanged on the gallows, which he had prepared for Mordecai, and then the king’s anger was assuaged.)
Psalms 9:16The Lord making dooms shall be known; the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. (The Lord is known by the judgements which he maketh; the sinner is caught in the works of his own hands.)
Proverbs 5:22The wickednesses of a wicked man take (hold of) him; and he is bound with the ropes of his sins.
Proverbs 11:5The rightfulness of a simple man shall (ad)dress his way; and a wicked man shall fall in his wickedness. (The uprightness of an honest person shall direct his way; and a wicked person shall fall because of his wickedness.)
Matthew 27:4and said, I have sinned, betraying rightful [or just] blood. And they said, What (is it) to us? busy thee [or see thou]. (and said, I have sinned, betraying righteous blood. And they said, What is that to us? it is thy concern.)
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 →