Proverbs 1:17

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

You cannot trap birds with a net if they see you spreading it out.

Cross References

Proverbs 7:23

where a hunter waits to shoot an arrow through its heart. The boy was like a bird flying into a net, never seeing the danger he was in.

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the birds in the sky know the right time to do things. The storks, doves, swifts, and thrushes know when it is time to fly to a new home. But my people don’t know what the Lord wants them to do.

Job 35:11

He is the one who makes us smarter than any animal on earth and wiser than any bird.’

Isaiah 1:3

A bull knows its master, and a donkey knows where its owner feeds it. But Israel does not know me. My people do not understand.”

Proverbs 1:16

They run to do something evil, and they cannot wait to kill someone.

Proverbs 1:18

But evil people cannot see the trap they set for themselves.