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Proverbs 1:18

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And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
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  1. Psalms 9:16Rank 1 from verse 18
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    16The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

  2. Esther 7:10Rank 2 from verse 18
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    10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

  3. Proverbs 28:17Rank 3 from verse 18
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    17A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

  4. Proverbs 5:22–23Rank 4 from verse 18
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    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.

  5. Psalms 7:14–16Rank 5 from verse 18
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    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.

  6. Matthew 27:4–5Rank 6 from verse 18
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    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.

  7. Psalms 55:23Rank 7 from verse 18
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    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.

  8. Proverbs 9:17–18Rank 8 from verse 18
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    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.

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Proverbs 1:18

COMBINED MEANING

lay

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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

COMBINED MEANING

wait

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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

COMBINED MEANING

for

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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

COMBINED MEANING

blood

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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

COMBINED MEANING

privily

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Secretly, privately, covertly, without public notice, or in a concealed manner.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

lives

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Sense 1: States or periods of living. Sense 2: Remains alive or conducts one's life.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1:10¶ My son, if sinners entice 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:

1:12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

1:13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

1:14Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

1:15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

1:16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

1:17Surely in vain 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.

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1:19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

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