Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 1:18
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Berean Standard Bible
But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
King James Version
And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.
World English Bible
but these lay in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
American Standard Version
And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 1
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.
20 Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
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