Proverbs 1:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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🎯 Translation Approach

Classic King James Version text presented with Strong's numbering to link English words to their underlying Hebrew and Greek terms. Prioritizes literal/formal correspondence while enabling original-language word study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Each English term is keyed to a Strong's number, enabling direct lookup of the underlying Hebrew or Greek word.
KJV text basis: Employs the classic King James Version wording known for formal equivalence and literary style.
Study-focused layout: Optimized for research and analysis, prioritizing lexical access over uninterrupted readability.
Concordance compatibility: Strong's numbers map to widely available concordances and lexicons for deeper study.

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Strong linkage to original Hebrew/Greek via Strong's numbers
High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
Widely recognized and referenced KJV text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language can be difficult for modern readers
Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
Less suitable for public or devotional reading compared to modern translations

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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 fowls of heaven?
Prov 7:23 : 23 Till a dart 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 heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.

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 they 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; which 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 make haste to shed blood.
Hab 1:15-17
3 verses
78%
15They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
16Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
17Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
Amos 3:5
77%
5Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
Jer 5:26-27
2 verses
76%
26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; 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 waxen rich.
Job 18:10
76%
10The snare is laid 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, which without cause they have digged{H8804)} for my soul.
8Let destruction come upon him at unawares {H8799)}; and let his net that he hath hid{H8804)} catch{H8799)} himself: into that very destruction let him fall{H8799)}.
Job 18:8
75%
8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
Ps 9:15
74%
15The heathen 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 good 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 for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
Prov 7:23
73%
23Till a dart 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; 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 lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into 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; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Ps 141:9
72%
9Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Jer 17:11
72%
11As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Hab 2:9
72%
9Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
Ps 37:32
72%
32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh{H8764)} to slay{H8687)} him.
Ps 11:2
72%
2For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
Job 28:7
72%
7There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
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. Selah.
Ps 57:6
72%
6They have prepared{H8689)} a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down{H8804)}: they have digged{H8804)} a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen{H8804)} themselves. Selah.
Prov 29:5
72%
5A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
Prov 24:15
71%
15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
Ps 37:14
71%
14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent{H8804)} their bow, to cast down{H8687)} the poor and needy, and to slay{H8800)} such as be of upright conversation.
Ps 39:6
71%
6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted{H8799)} in vain: he heapeth up{H8799)} riches, and knoweth{H8799)} not who shall gather{H8802)} them.
Isa 59:4
71%
4None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for 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 have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
Prov 21:7
71%
7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
Prov 26:2
71%
2As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
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%
8The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, 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 fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
Ezek 32:3
70%
3Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; 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 hid from mine eyes.
Lam 4:19
70%
19Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued 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; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.