Proverbs 1:18
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 1
“And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.”Proverbs 1:18
What Does Proverbs 1:18 Mean?
Proverbs 1:18 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 1, verse 18 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 1:18 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 9:16“The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.”Esther 7:10“So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.”Proverbs 5:22“His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.”Proverbs 28:17“A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.”Exodus 20:13“Thou shalt not kill.”Psalms 7:14“Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.”Proverbs 1:11“If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:”Proverbs 11:18“The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.”Psalms 55:23“But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.”Matthew 27:4“Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.”Numbers 16:38“The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.”Numbers 35:20“But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;”Esther 5:14“Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.”Job 31:31“If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.”Proverbs 9:17“Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”Proverbs 21:7“The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.”Jeremiah 17:11“As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.”Jeremiah 44:7“Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;”Habakkuk 2:10“Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.”Proverbs 13:2“A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.”
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