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Proverbs 1:12
Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.
Proverbs 1:12 · World English Bible
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Proverbs 1:12 in other translations
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.
let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.
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In context
9 for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.
11 If they say, “Come with us. Let’s lie in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.
12 Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.
13 We’ll find all valuable wealth. We’ll fill our houses with plunder.
14 You shall cast your lot among us. We’ll all have one purse”—
15 my son, don’t walk on the path with them. Keep your foot from their path,
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