Proverbs 1:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's anger subsided.
  • Ps 7:14-16 : 14 Behold, he travails with iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 15 He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.
  • Ps 9:16 : 16 The LORD is known by the judgment he executes; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But You, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction; bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in You.
  • Prov 5:22-23 : 22 His own iniquities shall capture the wicked, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins. 23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
  • Prov 9:17-18 : 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he does not know that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
  • Prov 28:17 : 17 A person who does violence to the blood of anyone shall flee to the pit; let no one stop him.
  • Matt 27:4-5 : 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? See to that yourself. 5 And he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Prov 1:19
    83%

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

  • Prov 1:11-12
    2 verses
    82%

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

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

  • Prov 1:16-17
    2 verses
    80%

    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.

  • Jer 5:26-27
    2 verses
    79%

    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.

    27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and grown rich.

  • Ps 10:8-9
    2 verses
    78%

    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.

  • Ps 64:4-6
    3 verses
    78%

    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?

    6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search; the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

  • Ps 56:6
    78%

    6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, waiting for my life.

  • Rom 3:15
    76%

    15 'Their feet are swift to shed blood:'

  • Job 18:10
    75%

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

  • Ps 38:12
    75%

    12 Those who seek my life lay snares for me, and those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things and imagine deceits all day long.

  • Ps 37:32
    75%

    32 The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

  • Job 38:40
    75%

    40 When they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thickets?

  • Mic 7:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Isa 59:7
    74%

    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.

  • Ps 11:2
    74%

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

  • Prov 4:16
    74%

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

  • Ps 17:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

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

    12 Like a lion that is eager for its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • Ps 59:3
    74%

    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.

  • Jer 18:22
    74%

    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 24:2
    73%

    2 For their hearts plot destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  • Job 24:16
    73%

    16 In the dark they break into houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; they do not know the light.

  • Prov 24:15
    73%

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

  • Jer 9:8
    73%

    8 Their tongue is like an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait.

  • Ps 141:9
    73%

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

  • Ps 35:7-8
    2 verses
    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.

  • Prov 12:6
    73%

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

  • Job 18:8
    72%

    8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon a snare.

  • Prov 23:28
    72%

    28 She also lies in wait as for a prey, and increases the transgressors among men.

  • Ps 94:21
    72%

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

  • Prov 29:10
    72%

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

  • Hab 2:9
    72%

    9 Woe to him who covets 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 37:14
    72%

    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.

  • Mic 2:1
    72%

    1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it because it is in the power of their hand.

  • Ps 140:2
    72%

    2 Who devise mischiefs in their hearts; continually they gather together for war.

  • Ps 140:5
    72%

    5 The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set traps for me. Selah.

  • Ps 35:20
    72%

    20 For they speak not peace; but they devise deceitful matters against those who are quiet in the land.

  • Job 24:14
    72%

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

  • Ps 21:11
    71%

    11 For they intended evil against you: they devised a mischievous scheme, which they are not able to perform.

  • Ps 69:22
    71%

    22 Let their table become a snare before them, and what should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

  • Ps 9:15
    71%

    15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

  • Prov 7:23
    71%

    23 Until a dart strikes through his liver; as a bird hastes to the snare, and does not know that it is for his life.