Proverbs 1:11

⁹ For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

¹⁰ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

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

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

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
KJV: If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
WEB: If they say, “Come with us. Let’s lie in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.
ASV: If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
DARBY: If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
BLB: If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide for the innocent one without cause;

ÅB: Når de sier: Kom med oss! Vi vil lure etter blod, sette feller for de uskyldige uten grunn;
OTB: Hvis de sier: “Bli med oss,
la oss vente i hemmelighet på blod,
la oss overfalle den uskyldige uten grunn;
B1930: Når de sier: Kom med oss! Vi vil lure efter blod, sette feller for de uskyldige uten grunn;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Proverbs 1:18
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
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Jeremiah 5:26
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
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Proverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
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Jeremiah 18:18–20
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
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Acts 25:3
And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
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Jeremiah 11:19
But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
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Matthew 26:3–4
Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
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Micah 7:2
The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
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