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Proverbs 1:18
18These wicked men hide to attack someone. They are ready to kill someone, but they destroy their own lives!
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
16They are in a hurry to do evil things. They cannot wait to murder someone! 17Think about it! If you put a trap where the birds can see it, you will never catch anything. These wicked men hide to attack someone. They are ready to kill someone, but they destroy their own lives! 19That is what happens to those who cheat other people to become rich themselves. The riches that they have taken from others will destroy their own lives. 20Listen! Wisdom is like a woman who shouts in the streets. She speaks loudly in the market places.
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וְ֭הֵם לְדָמָ֣ם יֶאֱרֹ֑בוּ יִ֝צְפְּנ֗וּ לְנַפְשֹׁתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 1:18
- Proverbs 5:22The sins of a wicked person will be the trap that catches him. They will hold him like strong ropes.
- Proverbs 9:17If you drink water that belongs to someone else, it tastes very sweet! If you eat food secretly, it tastes better than anything! So come and enjoy my meal!’
- Proverbs 28:17Someone who is guilty of murder will be running until he dies. Nobody should help him to escape.
- Esther 7:10So they took Haman and they hanged him on the tower until he was dead. It was the same tower that Haman had wanted to kill Mordecai on. After that, the king did not feel so angry.
- Psalms 7:14Look! Wicked people prepare to do evil things! They want to cause trouble. Like a pregnant woman, what starts inside them comes out into the open! They give birth to lies that deceive people.
- Psalms 9:16The Lord has shown us who he is. We know that he brings justice. Wicked people will catch themselves in their own traps. Higgaion. Selah.
- Psalms 55:23And as for wicked people, you, God, will send them to their graves. They will go down into the deep hole of death while they are still young. That is what will happen to those cruel people, who kill and cheat others. But I will trust in you, God.
- Matthew 27:4He said to them, ‘I have done the wrong thing. I helped you to take hold of a man who has done nothing wrong.’ They said to Judas, ‘That is not important to us. That is your problem.’
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
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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
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