Proverbs 1:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

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  • Prov 1:18 : 18 And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
  • Prov 12:6 : 6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.
  • Jer 5:26 : 26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay in wait, as he who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
  • Jer 11:19 : 19 But I was like a gentle lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised plots against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.
  • Jer 18:18-20 : 18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. 19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me. 20 Shall evil be repaid for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before you to speak good for them, and to turn away your wrath from them.
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 The good man has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt each his brother with a net.
  • Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by stealth, and kill him.
  • John 15:25 : 25 But this happens so that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’
  • Acts 23:15 : 15 Now therefore, you with the council suggest to the chief captain that he bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you would inquire something more accurately about him; and we, before he comes near, are ready to kill him.
  • Acts 25:3 : 3 requesting a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him on the way.
  • Prov 30:14 : 14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and whose jaws are like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
  • Ps 10:8-9 : 8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent; his eyes are secretly set against the poor. 9 He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net. 10 He crouches and humbles himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
  • Ps 17:12 : 12 Like a lion that is eager for its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.
  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, which they have dug without cause for my soul.
  • Ps 56:6 : 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, waiting for my life.
  • Ps 64:5-6 : 5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter; they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, Who shall see them? 6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search; the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
  • Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 1:12-19
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    82%

    12 Let us swallow them alive like the grave, and whole, like those who go down into the pit;

    13 We shall find all kinds of precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder;

    14 Throw in your lot with us; let us all have one purse,"

    15 My son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their path;

    16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

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

    18 And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.

    19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.

  • Prov 1:10
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    10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

  • Ps 94:21
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    21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

  • Ps 64:4-5
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    4 That they may shoot in secret at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him and fear not.

    5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter; they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, Who shall see them?

  • Ps 10:8-9
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    8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent; his eyes are secretly set against the poor.

    9 He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

  • Rom 3:15
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    15 'Their feet are swift to shed blood:'

  • Ps 11:2
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    2 For behold, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, to secretly shoot at the upright in heart.

  • Jer 5:26
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    26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay in wait, as he who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

  • Isa 59:7
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    7 Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction are in their paths.

  • Prov 4:15-17
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    15 Avoid it, do not pass by it, turn from it, and pass away.

    16 For they do not sleep unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

    17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

  • Ps 56:6
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    6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, waiting for my life.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32 The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

  • Ps 55:15
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    15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down alive into hell, for wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.

  • Prov 16:29
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    29 A violent man entices his neighbor, and leads him into a way that is not good.

  • Ps 35:7-8
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    73%

    7 For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, which they have dug without cause for my soul.

    8 Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, and let his net that he has hidden catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall.

  • Jer 18:22
    72%

    22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have dug a pit to take me, and hidden snares for my feet.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

  • Ps 28:3
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    3 Do not draw me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Prov 29:10
    72%

    10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright; but the just seek his life.

  • Ps 141:9
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    9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and the traps of the workers of iniquity.

  • Ps 59:3
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    3 For, look, they lie in wait for my life; the mighty are gathered against me, not for my transgression nor for my sin, O LORD.

  • Gen 37:20
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    20 Come now therefore, and let us kill him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast has devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

  • Prov 12:6
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    6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

  • Prov 28:17
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    17 A person who does violence to the blood of anyone shall flee to the pit; let no one stop him.

  • Mic 7:2-3
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    2 The good man has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt each his brother with a net.

    3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

  • Nah 1:11
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    11 There is one come out from you, who imagines evil against the LORD, a wicked counselor.

  • Ps 64:2
    71%

    2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked, from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity.

  • Josh 2:19
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    19 And it shall be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whoever shall be with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

  • Job 18:10
    71%

    10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

  • Ps 17:11
    71%

    11 They have now surrounded us in our steps; they have set their eyes, bending down to the earth.

  • Deut 19:11
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    11 But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises against him, and strikes him mortally so that he dies, and flees into one of these cities;

  • Ps 37:14
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    14 The wicked have drawn the sword and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay those who are of upright conduct.

  • Jer 18:18
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    18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

  • Isa 29:21
    70%

    21 That make a man an offender by a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing.

  • Hos 6:9
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    9 And as bands of robbers wait for someone, so the company of priests murder on the way by agreement: for they commit lewdness.

  • Job 24:14
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    14 The murderer, rising with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief.

  • Ps 69:27
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    27 Add iniquity to their iniquity, and let them not come into your righteousness.