Proverbs 1:11

The Passion Translation

When the gang says— “We’re going to steal and kill and get away with it.

Cross References

Psalm 17:12

They’re like lions eager to tear me apart, like young and fearless lions lurking in secret, so ferocious and cruel—ready to rip me to shreds.

Psalm 35:7

For though I did nothing wrong to them, they set a trap for me, wanting me to fail and fall.

Psalm 56:6

They lurk in the dark, waiting, spying on my movements in secret to take me by surprise, ready to take my life.

Proverbs 1:16

For crime is their way of life and bloodshed their specialty.

Proverbs 1:18

They’ll resort to murder to steal their victim’s assets, but eventually it will be their own lives that are ambushed.

Proverbs 12:6

The wicked use their words to ambush and accuse, but the lovers of God speak to defend and protect.

Proverbs 24:15

Listen up, you wicked, irreverent ones— don’t harass the lovers of God and don’t invade their resting place.

Proverbs 29:24

You are your own worst enemy when you partner with a thief, for a curse of guilt will come upon you when you fail to report a crime.

Proverbs 30:14

There is a generation rising that uses their words like swords to cut and slash those who are different. They would devour the poor, the needy, and the afflicted from off the face of the earth!

Jeremiah 11:19

I was like a trusting lamb led to the slaughter. I had no idea they were speaking about me when they said, “Let’s destroy the tree while it’s in full bloom. We’ll kill him so that no one will remember him anymore.”

Jeremiah 5:26

“Lurking among my people are wicked criminals. They are like hunters hiding to catch birds in their nets, setting their traps to catch people.

John 15:25

And all of this has happened to fulfill what is written in their Scriptures: They hated me for no reason.

Acts 23:15

So we urge you to have the commander bring him to you as though you were to determine his case with a more thorough inquiry. And we will kill him before he even gets here!”

Acts 25:3

They came asking him for a favor—that he would transfer Paul from Caesarea to Jerusalem—all the while plotting to ambush and kill Paul along the way.