Proverbs 1:11
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
In context
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother: 9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck. 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: 14 Cast in thy lot among us; Let us all have one purse:
Compare in other versions
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 1:11 in the NIV
If they say, “Come along with us; let’s lie in wait for innocent blood, let’s ambush some harmless soul;
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 1:11 in the ESV
If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason;