Proverbs 1:11

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
say	יֹאמְרוּ֮ yo.me.Ru	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Come	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
wait	נֶאֶרְבָ֥ה ne.'er.Vah	H693	to lurk · verb, qal infinitive construct, 1st person common plural
blood	לְדָ֑ם le.Dam	H1818	blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or… · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
lurk	נִצְפְּנָ֖ה nitz.pe.Nah	H6845	to hide (by covering over) · verb, qal infinitive construct, 1st person common plural
innocent	לְנָקִ֣י le.na.Ki	H5355	innocent · preposition + adjective, masculine singular absolute
cause	חִנָּֽם chi.Nam	H2600	gratis · adverb

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Cross-references

Proverbs 1:18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
Proverbs 12:6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Jeremiah 5:26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
Jeremiah 18:18-20 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, n…
Acts 25:3 And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
Psalms 10:8-10 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poo…
Psalms 17:12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Psalms 35:7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:10-19

Here Solomon gives another general rule to young people, in order to their finding out, and keeping in, the paths of wisdom, and that is to take heed of the snare of bad company. David's psalms begin with this caution, and so do Solomon's proverbs; for nothing is more destructive, both to a lively devotion and to a regular conversation (Pro 1:10): "My son, whom I love, and have a tender concern for, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not." This is good advice for parents to give their children when they send them abroad into the world; it is the same that St. Peter gave to his new converts, (Act 2:40), Save yourselves from this untoward generation. Observe, 1. How industrious wicked people…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 1:11

Murder and robbery are given as specific illustrations. lay wait . . . lurk privily--express an effort and hope for successful concealment. swallow . . . grave--utterly destroy the victim and traces of the crime (Num 16:33; Psa 55:15). Abundant rewards of villainy are promised as the fruits of this easy and safe course.

John Gill on Proverbs 1:11

If they say, come with us,.... Leave your father's house, and the business of life in which you are; make one of us, and become a member of our society, and go along with us upon the highway; let us lay wait for blood; lie in ambush under some hedge or another, waiting till a rich traveller comes up and passes that way, and then rise and shed his blood in order to get his money; and the same word signifies both "blood" and "money", and wait is laid for one for the sake of the other; let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause; or "let us hide" (q), the Vulgate Latin version adds "snares"; so Vatablus and others, as the fowler does for birds; or "let us hide ourselves" (r); in some p…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 1:11-14

Of the number of wicked men who gain associates to their palliation and strengthening, they are adduced as an example whom covetousness leads to murder. 11 If they say, "Go with us, we will lurk for blood, Lie in wait for the innocent without cause; 12 Like the pit we will swallow them alive And in perfect soundness like them that go down to the grave. 13 We find all manner of precious treasure, Fill our houses with spoil. 14 Thou shalt cast thy lot amongst us, We all have only one purse." Pro 1:11 The verb ארב signifies nectere, to bind fast (from רב, close, compact), (see under Isa 25:11), and particularly (but so that it bears in itself its object without ellipse) insidias nectere = insid…

The Church Fathers

These things he understands of the people of the Jews, and their guilt in the blood of Christ; for they thought that He had His conversation (citizenship) on earth only.
— Hippolytus of Rome, Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments

"If they say, Come with us," etc. This passage can be generally said of robbers, who bring either death traps or harm to the innocent. It can also be specifically understood of those who handed over the author of life to death.
— Bede, Commentary on Proverbs

"Let us lay in wait for the innocent without cause." They did this when they said: "Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?" (Mark 12) and countless other similar things. Truly he was innocent, who did no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth. Truly they laid traps for him in vain, by whom they were not harmed, but from whom they had experienced many benefits.
— Bede, Commentary on Proverbs

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Alliance And Society With The Enemies Of God · Exhortations to shun all inducements to — Exhortations to shun all inducements to
Birds · Illustrative: (Snaring,) of designs of the wicked — Illustrative: (Snaring,) of designs of the wicked
Character Of The Wicked · Enticing to evil — Enticing to evil
Homicide · 24:22; — 24:22;
Murder · The wicked: Encourage others to commit — The wicked: Encourage others to commit
Robbers · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Sin · The wicked: Tempt others to — The wicked: Tempt others to
Temptation · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Young Men · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Proverbs 1:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:10-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 1:11

John Gill on Proverbs 1:11

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 1:11-14

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Proverbs 1:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:10-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 1:11

John Gill on Proverbs 1:11

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 1:11-14

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Proverbs 1:10-19

Rashi on Proverbs 1:11