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Proverbs 1:17-19

17Surely in vainחִ֭נָּםChi.nomH2600the netהָרָ֑שֶׁתha.Ra.shetH7568is spreadמְזֹרָ֣הme.zo.RahH2219in the sightבְּ֝עֵינֵ֗יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of any birdבַּ֥עַל כָּנָֽף׃Ba.'al ka.NafH3671 H1167.

18And they lay waitיֶאֱרֹ֑בוּye.'e.RouH693for their ownbloodלְדָמָ֣םle.da.MamH1818;they lurk privilyיִ֝צְפְּנ֗וּyitz.pe.NuH6845for their ownlivesלְנַפְשֹׁתָֽם׃le.naf.sho.TamH5315.

19So arethe waysאָ֭רְחוֹת'A.re.chotH734of every one that is greedyבֹּ֣צֵֽעַBo.tze.a'H1214of gainבָּ֑צַעBa.tza'H1215; whichtaketh awayיִקָּֽח׃ פyi.KachH3947the lifeנֶ֖פֶשׁNe.feshH5315of the ownersבְּעָלָ֣יוbe.'a.LavH1167thereof.

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Commentaries on Proverbs 1

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
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Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
Tyndale Open Study Notes
Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
Rashi on Tanakh
Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
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Darby Translation Notes
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Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
EGW Writings

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