Proverbs 1:18

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (1901)

And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

Proverbs 1:18 — American Standard Version

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Context — Proverbs 1

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.

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.

17For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:

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.

20Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;

21She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:

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