New American Standard Bible 1995
Proverbs 1:11
11If they say, “Come with us, Let us 1lie in wait for blood, Let us 2ambush the innocent without cause;
Proverbs 1:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
- New International Version (NIV)If they say, “Come along with us; let’s lie in wait for innocent blood, let’s ambush some harmless soul;
- English Standard Version (ESV)If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason;
- New King James Version (NKJV)If they say, “Come with us, Let us lie in wait to shed blood; Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
Context of Proverbs 1:11
9Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments about your neck. 10My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent. If they say, “Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause; 12Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit; 13We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil;
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אִם־יֹאמְרוּ֮ לְכָ֪ה אִ֫תָּ֥נוּ נֶאֶרְבָ֥ה לְדָ֑ם נִצְפְּנָ֖ה לְנָקִ֣י חִנָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 1:11
- Proverbs 1:16For their feet run to evil And they hasten to shed blood.
- Proverbs 12:6The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, But the mouth of the upright will deliver them.
- Proverbs 30:14There is a kind of man whose teeth are like swords And his jaw teeth like knives, To devour the afflicted from the earth And the needy from among men.
- Psalms 56:6They attack, they lurk, They watch my steps, As they have waited to take my life.
- Psalms 64:5They hold fast to themselves an evil purpose; They talk of laying snares secretly; They say, “Who can see them?”
- Jeremiah 5:26For wicked men are found among My people, They watch like fowlers lying in wait; They set a trap, They catch men.
- Micah 7:2The godly person has perished from the land, And there is no upright person among men. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; Each of them hunts the other with a net.
- Acts 23:15Now therefore, you and the Council notify the commander to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case by a more thorough investigation; and we for our part are ready to slay him before he comes near the place.”
- Acts 25:3requesting a concession against Paul, that he might have him brought to Jerusalem (at the same time, setting an ambush to kill him on the way).
- Proverbs 1:18But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.
- Psalms 10:8He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the hiding places he kills the innocent; His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate.
- Psalms 17:12He is like a lion that is eager to tear, And as a young lion lurking in hiding places.
- Psalms 35:7For without cause they hid their net for me; Without cause they dug a pit for my soul.
- Jeremiah 11:19But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter; And I did not know that they had devised plots against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, And let us cut him off from the land of the living, That his name be remembered no more.”
- Jeremiah 18:18Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the sage, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike at him with our tongue, and let us give no heed to any of his words.”
- Matthew 26:3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas;
Commentaries on Proverbs 1:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11If they say, Come with us - From all accounts, this is precisely the way in which the workers of iniquity form their partisans, and constitute their marauding societies to the present day. Let us lay wait for blood - Let us rob and murder. Let us lurk privily - Let us lie in ambush for our prey.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11The temptation against which the teacher seeks to guard his disciple is that of joining a band of highway robbers. The “vain men” who gathered around Jephthah Judges 11:3, the lawless or discontented who came to David in Adullam 1 Samuel 22:2, the bands of robbers who infested every part of the country in the period of the New Testament, and against whom every Roman governor had to wage incessant war, show how deeply rooted the evil was in Palestine…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. 10-19The father warns his child not to join a group of wrongdoers planning to attack innocent people. Their evil actions will eventually harm them (see Proverbs 28:10; Psalms 9:15; 35:8). The evil path involves violence and theft.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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