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Proverbs 1:18
And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.
Proverbs 1:18 · American Standard Version
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Proverbs 1:18 in other translations
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
but these lay in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
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In context
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;
21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:
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