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Proverbs 1:17
For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:
Proverbs 1:17 · American Standard Version
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Proverbs 1:17 in other translations
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird;
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In context
14 Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse:
15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:
16 For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
17 For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:
18 And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20 Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;
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