Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 1:17
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Berean Standard Bible
How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
King James Version
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
World English Bible
For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird;
American Standard Version
For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 1
15 my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
16 For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
17 How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
18 But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
19 Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
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