Proverbs 1:18

Proverbs 1:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
• New International Version (NIV)These men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush only themselves!
• English Standard Version (ESV)but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But they lie in wait for their own blood, They lurk secretly for their own lives.

Context of Proverbs 1:18

16for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. 17For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings. And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives. 19So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors. 20Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;

Proverbs 1:18 word by word

וְ֭הֵם לְדָמָ֣ם יֶאֱרֹ֑בוּ יִ֝צְפְּנ֗וּ לְנַפְשֹׁתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• layאָרַב'ârab · to ambushH693
• bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• livesנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315

Cross-references for Proverbs 1:18

• Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
• Proverbs 9:17Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.
• Proverbs 28:17A man laden with the blood of [any] person, fleeth to the pit: let no man stay him.
• Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. And the king's wrath was appeased.
• Psalms 7:14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood:
• Psalms 9:16Jehovah is known [by] the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
• Psalms 55:23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee.
• Matthew 27:4saying, I have sinned [in] having delivered up guiltless blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou [to that].

Commentaries on Proverbs 1:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18They lay wait for their own blood - I believe it is the innocent who are spoken of here, for whose blood and lives these lay wait and lurk privily; certainly not their own, by any mode of construction.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-19Verses 10-19 Wicked people are zealous in seducing others into the paths of the destroyer: sinners love company in sin. But they have so much the more to answer for. How cautious young people should be! "Consent thou not." Do not say as they say, nor do as they do, or would have thee to do; have no fellowship with them. Who could think that it should be a pleasure to one man to destroy another! See their idea of worldly wealth; but it is neither…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-19Birds avoid obvious traps, but greedy people do not. When they choose violence and robbery, they risk losing their lives violently. They might die during the crime or be punished with death if caught. Even if wrongdoers succeed until they die, they will experience judgment after death, while the righteous will be with God (see Psalm 1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1910-19. A solemn warning against temptation. entice--literally, "open the way." consent ... not--Sin is in consenting or yielding to temptation, not in being tempted.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 1:18

• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Call
• Consent
• Despise
• Entice
• Hate
• Lurk
• Naught
• Prosperity
• Proverb
• Refrain

Commentaries on Proverbs 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings