Proverbs 1:17

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.

Cross References

Proverbs 7:23

Till the arrow pierce his liver: as if a bird should make haste to the snare, and knoweth not that his life is in danger.

Jeremiah 8:7

The kite in the air hath known her time: the turtle and the swallow and the stork have observed the time of their coming: but my people have not known the judgment of the Lord.

Job 35:11

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.

Proverbs 1:16

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

Proverbs 1:18

And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.