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Proverbs 1:18
And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.
Proverbs 1:18 · Young's Literal Translation
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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! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,
16 For their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed blood.
17 Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.
18 And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.
19 So are the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.
20 Wisdom in an out-place crieth aloud, In broad places she giveth forth her voice,
21 At the head of the multitudes she calleth, In the openings of the gates, In the city her sayings she saith:
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