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Proverbs 1:18

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

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Proverbs 1:18 in other translations

but these lay in wait for their own blood.
They lurk secretly for their own lives.

Proverbs 1:18 · World English Bible

Proverbs 1:18 in context

  1. 16For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
  2. 17For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:
  3. 18And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.
  4. 19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
  5. 20Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;