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Proverbs 1:11

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

KJV

Si dixerint : Veni nobiscum, insidiemur sanguini ; abscondamus tendiculas contra insontem frustra ;

Vulgate

ἐὰν παρακαλέσωσί σε λέγοντες Ἐλθὲ μεθ’ ἡμῶν, κοινώνησον αἵματος, κρύψωμεν δὲ εἰς γῆν ἄνδρα δίκαιον ἀδίκως,

LXX

If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;

ASV

אִם יֹאמְרוּ֮ לְכָ֪/ה אִ֫תָּ֥/נוּ נֶאֶרְבָ֥ה לְ/דָ֑ם נִצְפְּנָ֖ה לְ/נָקִ֣י חִנָּֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
אֹרֵ֖ב
'rb
verb · 41×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
חִנָּ֑ם
chnm
adverb · 32×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
נָקִ֔י
nqy
adjective · 42×
צָפַ֣נְתָּ
tspnt
verb · 33×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Chapter 20.—Of David’s Reign and Merit; And of His Son Solomon, and that Prophecy Relating to Christ Which is Found Either in Those Books Which are Joined to Those Written by Him, or in Those Which are Indubitably His. David therefore reigned in the earthly Jerusalem, a son of the heavenly Jerusalem, much praised by the divine testimony; for even his faults are overcome by grea…

Cross-references

  • Acts 23:15 — Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come ne
  • Acts 25:3 — And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
  • Eccl 5:13 — There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
  • Exod 1:10 — Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of t
  • Exod 20:13 — Thou shalt not kill.
  • Gen 11:3 — And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
  • Gen 37:20 — Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
  • Hos 6:9 — And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
  • Jer 5:26 — For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
  • Jer 5:26 — For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
  • Jer 18:18 — Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him wit
  • Judg 9:25 — And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.
  • Judg 9:32 — Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:
  • Mic 7:2 — The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
  • Prov 1:18 — And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
  • Prov 6:17 — A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
  • Prov 12:6 — The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
  • Prov 13:2 — A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
  • Prov 13:20 — He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
  • Prov 24:1 — Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
  • Prov 29:24 — Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
  • Ps 94:21 — They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.