Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
Let vs swallow them vp aliue, as the graue, and whole, as those that goe downe into the pit:
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- Psalms 124:3Rank 1 from verse 12
- Psalms 28:1Rank 2 from verse 12
- Romans 3:13Rank 3 from verse 12
- Jeremiah 51:34Rank 4 from verse 12
34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath deuoured me, he hath crushed me; he hath made me an emptie vessell: hee hath swallowed mee vp like a dragon; he hath filled his bellie with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
- Lamentations 2:16Rank 5 from verse 12
16All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
16All thine enemies haue opened their mouth against thee: they hisse and gnash the teeth: they say, We haue swallowed her vp: certainly this is the day that we looked for: we haue found, we haue seene it.
- Lamentations 2:5Rank 6 from verse 12
5The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
5The LORD was an enemie: he hath swallowed vp Israel, hee hath swallowed vp all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Iudah mourning and lamentation.
- Micah 3:2–3Rank 7 from verse 12
2Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
3Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
2Who hate the good and loue the euill, who plucke off their skinne from off them, and their flesh from off their bones.
3Who also eate the flesh of my people, and flay their skinne from off them, and they breake their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the cauldron.
- Numbers 16:30–33Rank 8 from verse 12
30But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
31¶ And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
32And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
33They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
30But if the LORD †make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them vp, with all that appertaine vnto them, and they go downe quicke into the pit: then ye shall vnderstand that these men haue prouoked the LORD.
31¶ *And it came to passe as he had made an ende of speaking all these words, that the ground claue asunder that was vnder them:
32And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them vp, and their houses, and all the men that appertained vnto Korah, and all their goods.
33They, and all that appertained to them, went downe aliue into the pit, and the earth closed vpon them: and they perished from among the Congregation.
- Numbers 26:10Rank 9 from verse 12
10And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
10And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them vp together with Korah when that companie died, what time the fire deuoured two hundred and fiftie men: and they became a signe.
- Psalms 143:7Rank 10 from verse 12
- Psalms 35:25Rank 11 from verse 12
- Psalms 5:9Rank 12 from verse 12
9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
9For there is no ‖faithfulnes †in their mouth, their inward part is †very wickednesse: *their throat is an open sepulchre, they flatter with their tongue.
- Psalms 56:1–2Rank 13 from verse 12
1BE merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
2Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
1¶ Be mercifull vnto mee, O God, for man would swallow me vp: he fighting daily, oppresseth me.
2†Mine enemies would dayly swallow me vp: for they bee many that fight against me, O thou most high.
- Psalms 57:3Rank 14 from verse 12
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Proverbs 1:12
Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.
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Sense 1: A small bird. Sense 2: To take into the mouth and pass inward, consume, engulf, devour, or overwhelm.
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Sense 1: Living; having life; not dead. Sense 2: Continuing or active in life, force, or operation.
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Sense 1: The place of the dead or of burial; a tomb, burial place, or pit. Sense 2: To cut, carve, or engrave. Sense 3: As an adjective, serious, sober, dignified, or worthy of respect.
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1. Entire or complete. 2. Sound or restored to health.
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From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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Sense 1: A hole, cavity, cistern, dungeon, trap, or place of confinement. Sense 2: The grave, deep ruin, or a place of judgment.
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1:10¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
1:10¶ My sonne, if sinners entise thee, consent thou not.
1:11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
1:11If they say, Come with vs, let vs lay wait for blood, let vs lurke priuily for the innocent without cause:
1:12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
1:12Let vs swallow them vp aliue, as the graue, and whole, as those that goe downe into the pit:
Selected passage1:13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
1:13Wee shall finde all precious substance, wee shall fill our houses with spoile:
1:14Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
1:14Cast in thy lot among vs, let vs all haue one purse:
1:15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
1:15My sonne, walke not thou in the way with them; refraine thy foot from their path:
1:16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
1:16*For their feete runne to euil, and make haste to shed blood.
1:17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
1:17Surely in vaine the net is spread †in the sight of any bird.
1:18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
1:18And they lay wait for their owne blood, they lurke priuily for their owne liues.
1:19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
1:19So are the waies of euery one that is greedie of gaine: which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.