Proverbs 1:17–21
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Surely in vaine the net is spread †in the sight of any bird.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. in the eyes of euery thing that hath a wing.
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
And they lay wait for their owne blood, they lurke priuily for their owne liues.
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
So are the waies of euery one that is greedie of gaine: which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
¶ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
¶ †Wisedome crieth without, she *vttereth her voice in the streets:
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. wisedomes, that is, excellent wisedome.
- *Cross-referenceProu.8.1.
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
Shee crieth in the chiefe place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she vttereth her words, saying,
Narration uses the Pure Cambridge Edition.
PASSAGE SELECTION
Build from either side
Choose up to 10 verses in this chapter. The study tools update with the selected passage.
SCRIPTURE WITH SCRIPTURE
Cross References
24 Essential passages are open for comparison.
From verse 17
- Jeremiah 8:7Rank 1 from verse 17
7Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
7*Yea the Storke in the heauen knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow obserue the time of their coming; but my people know not the iudgement of the LORD.
- Proverbs 7:23Rank 3 from verse 17
- Isaiah 1:3Rank 4 from verse 17
From verse 18
- Psalms 9:16Rank 1 from verse 18
- Esther 7:10Rank 2 from verse 18
- Proverbs 28:17Rank 3 from verse 18
- Proverbs 5:22–23Rank 4 from verse 18
22¶ His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
22¶ †His owne iniquities shall take the wicked himselfe, and he shall be holden with the coards of his sinnes.
23He shall die without instruction, and in the greatnesse of his folly he shal goe astray.
- Psalms 7:14–16Rank 5 from verse 18
14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
14*Behold, he trauelleth with iniquitie, and hath conceiued mischiefe, and brought forth falshood.
15†*He made a pit and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
16His mischiefe shall returne vpon his owne head, and his violent dealing shall come downe vpon his owne pate.
- Matthew 27:4–5Rank 6 from verse 18
4Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
5And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
4Saying, I haue sinned, in that I haue betraied the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to vs? see thou to that.
5And hee cast downe the pieces of siluer in the Temple, *and departed, and went and hanged himselfe.
- Psalms 55:23Rank 7 from verse 18
23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
23††But thou, O God, shalt bring them downe into the pit of destruction: Bloody and deceitfull men shall not liue out halfe their dayes, but I will trust in thee.
- Proverbs 9:17–18Rank 8 from verse 18
17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
17†Stollen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
18But hee knoweth not that the dead are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
From verse 19
- Proverbs 15:27Rank 1 from verse 19
- 2 Peter 2:3Rank 2 from verse 19
3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
3And through couetousnesse shall they with fained words, make marchandise of you, whose iudgement now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbreth not.
- Habakkuk 2:9Rank 3 from verse 19
- James 5:1–4Rank 4 from verse 19
1GO to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
1¶ Goe to now, yee rich men, weepe and howle for your miseries that shall come vpon you.
2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments motheaten:
3Your gold and siluer is cankered, and the rust of them shall bee a witnesse against you, and shall eate your flesh as it were fire: ye haue heaped treasure together for the last dayes.
4Beholde, the hire of the labourers which haue reaped downe your fieldes, which is of you kept backe by fraud, cryeth: and the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred into the eares of the Lord of Sabaoth.
- Jeremiah 22:17–19Rank 5 from verse 19
17But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
18Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
19He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
17‖But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy couetousnesse, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence to doe it.
18Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah king of Iudah, They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother, or ah sister: they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah LORD, or ah his glory.
19He shall be buried with the buriall of an asse, drawen and cast forth beyond the gates of Ierusalem.
- Micah 2:1–3Rank 6 from verse 19
1WOE to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
2And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
3Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.
1¶ Woe to them that deuise iniquitie, and worke euill vpon their beds: when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
2*‖And they couet fields and take them by violence: and houses, and take them away: so they oppresse a man and his house, euen a man and his heritage.
3Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, against this familie doe I deuise an euill, from which ye shall not remoue your necks, neither shall ye goe haughtily: for this time is euill.
- Proverbs 23:3–4Rank 7 from verse 19
- 1 Timothy 3:3Rank 8 from verse 19
- 2 Kings 5:20–27Rank 9 from verse 19
20¶ But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
21So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?
22And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
23And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.
24And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
25But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
26And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
27The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
20¶ But Gehazi the seruant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiuing at his hands that which hee brought: but as the LORD liueth, I wil runne after him, and take somewhat of him.
21So Gehazi followed after Naaman: and when Naaman saw him running after him, hee lighted downe from the charet to meet him, and said, † Is all well?
22And he said, All is well: my master hath sent me, saying, Behold, euen now there be come to mee from mount Ephraim two yong men, of the sonnes of the Prophets: Giue them, I pray thee, a talent of siluer, and two changes of garments.
23And Naaman said, Bee content, take two talents: and hee vrged him, and bound two talents of siluer in two bags, with two changes of garments, and layde them vpon two of his seruants, and they bare them before him.
24And when he came to the ‖towre, he tooke them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house, and hee let the men goe, and they departed.
25But he went in, and stood before his master: and Elisha said vnto him, Whence commest thou, Gehazi? And hee said, Thy seruant went †no whither.
26And he said vnto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned againe from his charet to meete thee? Is it a time to receiue money, and to receiue garments, and Oliue yards, and Uineyards, and sheepe, and oxen, and men seruants, and mayd seruants?
27The leprosie therefore of Naaman shall cleaue vnto thee, and vnto thy seede for euer: And hee went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
- Acts 8:19–20Rank 10 from verse 19
19Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
20But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
19Saying, Giue me also this power, that on whomsoeuer I lay handes, hee may receiue the holy Ghost.
20But Peter said vnto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
- Ecclesiastes 5:13Rank 11 from verse 19
- Micah 3:10–12Rank 12 from verse 19
10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.
12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
10*†They build vp Zion with blood, and Ierusalem with iniquitie.
11†The heads thereof iudge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hyre, and the Prophets thereof diuine for money: yet will they leane vpon the LORD, and say; Is not the LORD among vs? none euill can come vpon vs.
12*Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Ierusalem shal become heapes, and the mountaine of the house, as the high places of the forrest.
- 1 Timothy 6:9–10Rank 13 from verse 19
9But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
10For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
9But they that will be rich, fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish & hurtfull lusts, which drowne men in destruction and perdition.
10For the loue of money is the root of all euill, which while some coueted after, they haue ‖erred from the faith, and pierced themselues through with many sorrowes.
- 2 Peter 2:14–16Rank 14 from verse 19
14Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
15Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
16But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
14Hauing eyes ful of †adulterie and that cannot cease from sinne, beguiling vnstable soules: an heart they haue exercised with couetous practises: cursed children:
15Which haue forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the sonne of Bosor, who loued the wages of vnrighteousnesse,
16But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumbe asse speaking with mais voice, forbade the madnesse of the Prophet.
- 2 Samuel 18:11–13Rank 15 from verse 19
11And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.
12And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king’s son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
13Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.
11And Ioab said vnto the man that told him, And behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground, and I would haue giuen thee tenne shekels of siluer, and a girdle?
12And the man saide vnto Ioab, Though I should †receiue a thousand shekels of siluer in mine hand, yet would I not put foorth mine hand against the Kings sonne: for in our hearing the King charged thee, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying,†Beware that none touch the yong man Absalom.
13Otherwyse, I should haue wrought falshood against mine owne life: for there is no matter hid from the King, and thou thy selfe wouldest haue set thy selfe against me.
From verse 20
- Proverbs 9:3Rank 1 from verse 20
- Colossians 2:3Rank 2 from verse 20
- 1 Corinthians 1:24Rank 3 from verse 20
- Luke 11:49Rank 4 from verse 20
- Proverbs 8:1–5Rank 5 from verse 20
1DOTH not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
2She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
3She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
4Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
1¶ *Doeth not Wisedome crie? & Understanding put foorth her voice?
2Shee standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the pathes.
3She cryeth at the gates, at the entrie of the citie, at the comming in at the doores.
4Unto you, O men, I call, and my voice is to the sonnes of man.
5O yee simple, vnderstand wisedome: and yee fooles, be yee of an vnderstanding heart.
- 1 Corinthians 1:30Rank 6 from verse 20
- Matthew 13:54Rank 7 from verse 20
54And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
54*And when hee was come into his owne countrey, he taught them in their Synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisedome, and these mighty works?
From verse 21
- Matthew 10:27Rank 2 from verse 21
- Matthew 13:2Rank 3 from verse 21
- Proverbs 9:3Rank 4 from verse 21
- John 18:20Rank 5 from verse 21
20Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
20Iesus answered him, I spake openly to the world, I euer taught in the Synagogue, and in the Temple, whither the Iewes alwayes resort, and in secret haue I said nothing:
WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE
Definitions
Open a word for its full definition and concordance.
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 1:17
Certainly, truly, firmly, or without doubt.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Empty, fruitless, ineffective, unprofitable, worthless, false, unsubstantial, or conceited.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Sense 1: An interlaced meshwork used as a grate or for catching. Sense 2: A device or snare by which one is caught or restrained.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
To extend, unfold, scatter, disperse, or cover a wider area.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. The act or power of seeing. 2. A thing seen, view, or appearance. 3. Presence or observation.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
A feathered winged creature; a fowl.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 1:18
Sense 1: To put, place, set, arrange, deposit, apply, establish, impose, or cause to be in a stated position or condition. Sense 2: As the past tense of lie, to recline, rest, be situated, or remain in a state. Sense 3: In lay with, to have sexual relations. Sense 4: To press or bear upon. Sense 5: In lay up, lay by, or lay in store, to keep, store, or treasure; in lay wait, lay snares, lay an ambush, or lay siege, to prepare or set. Sense 6: In lay hold or lay hands on, to seize, take, apprehend, or touch. Sense 7: In lay down one's life, to surrender or give it; in lay aside, lay apart, or lay away, to remove, reject, or put off.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: To remain in expectation or readiness. Sense 2: To attend or serve. Sense 3: As a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Sense 1: The bodily fluid associated with physical life. Sense 2: Life taken, bloodshed, or guilt and responsibility for it. Sense 3: Kindred, shared human descent, or natural human nature. Sense 4: The juice of grapes.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To hide or remain concealed while watching or waiting.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Secretly, privately, covertly, without public notice, or in a concealed manner.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Sense 1: States or periods of living. Sense 2: Remains alive or conducts one's life.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 1:19
Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Having an eager, grasping, or excessive appetite, whether for food, prey, gain, or money.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Profit, increase, advantage, benefit, or what is acquired; to obtain, win, acquire, profit by, or bring a person to the truth or cause sought.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Third-person singular present form of take: receives, seizes, carries, accepts, chooses, or lays hold of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Persons who possess, control, or have rightful title to something; masters or proprietors.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Of that or those previously mentioned; of it or of them.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 1:20
Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references
Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Third-person singular present form of utter, meaning to speak, declare, or make known.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 1:21
1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. First, principal, highest, leading, greatest, most excellent, most important, or most responsible in rank, order, degree, value, or guilt. 2. A leader, head, principal ruler, officer, or principal member of a group.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. A place where people gather or pass together. 2. A gathering or crowd of people.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616
Entrances or open places.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Movable barriers and the entrances they close in walls, cities, courts, houses, or enclosed places; by extension, the city, jurisdiction, public place, or access represented by those entrances.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Third-person singular present form of utter, meaning to speak, declare, or make known.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
FOLLOW THE THEME
Related Concepts
Choose a connected KJV word or phrase to find where it appears in scripture.
READ THE PASSAGE
View in context
Suggested context · Proverbs 1:10–23
The selected passage is highlighted. Context is a study aid.
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:
1:13We 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.
Selected passage1:18And 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.
Selected passage1:19So 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.
Selected passage1:20¶ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
1:20¶ †Wisedome crieth without, she *vttereth her voice in the streets:
Selected passage1:21She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
1:21Shee crieth in the chiefe place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she vttereth her words, saying,
Selected passage1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye loue simplicitie? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fooles hate knowledge?
1:23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
1:23Turne you at my reproofe: behold, I will powre out my spirit vnto you, I will make knowen my wordes vnto you.