English Standard Version
Proverbs 1:18
18but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for 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!
- New King James Version (NKJV)But they lie in wait for their own blood, They lurk secretly for their own lives.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But these people set an ambush for themselves; they are trying to get themselves killed.
Context of Proverbs 1:18
16for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. 17For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird, but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives. 19Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors. 20Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice;
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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 iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
- Proverbs 9:17"Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
- Proverbs 28:17If one is burdened with the blood of another, he will be a fugitive until death; let no one help him.
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated.
- Psalms 7:14Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies.
- Psalms 9:16The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah
- Psalms 55:23But you, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.
- Matthew 27:4saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." They said, "What is that to us? See to it yourself."
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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