Proverbs 1:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They are like a bird that sees the bait, but ignores the trap.

Cross References

Job 35:11

though he makes us wiser than animals or birds.

Proverbs 1:16

They are in a big hurry to commit some crime, perhaps even murder.

Proverbs 1:18

They gang up to murder someone, but they are the victims.

Proverbs 7:23

and killed with arrows. He was no more than a bird rushing into a trap, without knowing it would cost him his life.

Isaiah 1:3

Oxen and donkeys know who owns and feeds them, but my people won't ever learn.”

Jeremiah 8:7

Storks, doves, swallows, and thrushes all know when it's time to fly away for the winter and when to come back. But you, my people, don't know what I demand.