Proverbs 1:11
If they say, 'Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
10My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.
12We swallow them as Sheol — alive, And whole — as those going down [to] the pit,
Cross References
Psalms 10:8He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,
Psalms 35:7For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.
Psalms 64:5They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look at it?'
Proverbs 1:18And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.
Proverbs 24:15Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.
Proverbs 30:14A generation — swords [are] their teeth, And knives — their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from [among] men.
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 →