Proverbs 1:11

God's Word

If they say, “Come with us. Let’s set an ambush to kill someone. Let’s hide to ambush innocent people for fun.

Cross References

Psalm 17:12

Each one of them is like a lion eager to tear ⌞its prey⌟ apart and like a young lion crouching in hiding places.

Psalm 35:7

For no reason they hid their net in a pit. For no reason they dug the pit ⌞to trap me⌟.

Psalm 56:6

They attack, and then they hide. They watch my every step as they wait to take my life.

Proverbs 1:16

because they rush to do evil and hurry to shed blood.

Proverbs 1:18

But these people set an ambush for their own murder. They go into hiding only to lose their lives.

Proverbs 12:6

The words of wicked people are a deadly ambush, but the words  of decent people rescue.

Proverbs 24:15

You wicked one, do not lie in ambush at the home of a righteous person. Do not rob his house.

Proverbs 29:24

Whoever is a thief’s partner hates his own life. He will not testify under oath.

Proverbs 30:14

A certain kind of person, whose teeth are like swords and whose jaws are ⌞like⌟ knives, devours oppressed people from the earth and people from among humanity.

Jeremiah 11:19

I was like a trusting lamb brought to the slaughter. I didn’t know that they were plotting against me. They were saying, “Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit. Let’s cut Jeremiah off from this world of the living so that we won’t be reminded of him anymore.”

Jeremiah 5:26

“Wicked people are found among my people. They lie in ambush like bird catchers. They set traps and catch people.

Micah 7:2

Faithful people are gone from the earth, and no one is decent. All people lie in ambush to commit murder. They trap each other with nets.

John 15:25

In this way what is written in their Scriptures has come true: ‘They hate me for no reason.’

Acts 23:15

Here’s our plan: You and the council must go to the Roman officer on the pretext that you need more information from Paul. You have to make it look as though you want to get more accurate information about him. We’ll be ready to kill him before he gets to you.”

Acts 25:3

Festus to do them the favor of having Paul brought to Jerusalem. The Jews had a plan to ambush and kill Paul as he traveled to Jerusalem.