OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 11

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, “Come with us.

Let’s lie in wait for blood.

Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Proverbs 1:11 in context

Proverbs 1:8–14

My son, listen to your father’s instruction,

and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching;

for they will be a garland to grace your head,

and chains around your neck.

My son, if sinners entice you,

don’t consent.

Selected verse

If they say, “Come with us.

Let’s lie in wait for blood.

Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.

Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol,

and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

We’ll find all valuable wealth.

We’ll fill our houses with plunder.

You shall cast your lot among us.

We’ll all have one purse”—

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