Proverbs 1:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 35:11 : 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
Prov 7:23 : 23 Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.
Isa 1:3 : 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Jer 8:7 : 7 Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of Jehovah.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 1:18-19
2 verses
80%
18And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.
19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Prov 1:15-16
2 verses
80%
15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:
16For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
Hab 1:15-17
3 verses
78%
15He taketh up all of them with the angle, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them in his drag: therefore he rejoiceth and is glad.
16Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his food plenteous.
17Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually?
Amos 3:5
77%
5Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is [set] for him? shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?
Jer 5:26-27
2 verses
76%
26For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
Job 18:10
76%
10A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.
Ps 35:7-8
2 verses
76%
7For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul.
8Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.
Job 18:8
75%
8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.
Ps 9:15
74%
15The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Prov 1:11
74%
11If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
Mic 7:2
73%
2The godly 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.
Rom 3:15-16
2 verses
73%
15Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16Destruction and misery are in their ways;
Isa 29:21
73%
21that make a man an offender in [his] cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.
Prov 7:23
73%
23Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.
Eccl 9:12
73%
12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Prov 6:5
73%
5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Ps 10:9
73%
9He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.
Isa 59:6-7
2 verses
73%
6Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.
Ps 141:9
72%
9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Jer 17:11
72%
11As the partridge that sitteth on [eggs] which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
Hab 2:9
72%
9Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
Ps 37:32
72%
32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.
Ps 11:2
72%
2For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;
Job 28:7
72%
7That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it:
Ps 140:5
72%
5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. {H5542}
Ps 57:6
72%
6They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. {H5542}
Prov 29:5
72%
5A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.
Prov 24:15
71%
15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:
Ps 37:14
71%
14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.
Ps 39:6
71%
6[Surely every man] [walketh] [in a vain show;] [Surely they are disquieted] [in vain:] [He heapeth up] [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Isa 59:4
71%
4None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Ps 17:11
71%
11They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast [us] down to the earth.
Prov 21:7
71%
7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.
Prov 26:2
71%
2As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.
Job 22:10
71%
10Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee,
Prov 12:12
71%
12The wicked desireth the net of evil men; But the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].
Isa 19:8
70%
8And the fishers shall lament, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
Hos 7:12
70%
12When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the birds of the heavens; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
Ezek 32:3
70%
3Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will spread out my net upon thee with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
Jer 16:17
70%
17For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from mine eyes.
Lam 4:19
70%
19Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens: They chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Prov 23:5
70%
5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For [riches] certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.