King James Version
What Does Proverbs 1:11 Mean?
“If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:”
Context
9
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. an: Heb. an adding
10
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
13
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(11) **Without cause.—**To be taken with “lurk.” Though he has done us no harm.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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