Proverbs 1:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
Ps 7:14-16 : 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 15 He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
Ps 9:16 : 16 Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. {H1902} Selah}
Ps 55:23 : 23 But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.
Prov 5:22-23 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. 23 He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Prov 9:17-18 : 17 Stolen waters are sweet, And bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Prov 28:17 : 17 A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; Let no man stay him.
Matt 27:4-5 : 4 saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou [to it]. 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 1:19
83%
19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Prov 1:11-12
2 verses
82%
11If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
12Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;
Prov 1:16-17
2 verses
80%
16For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
17For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:
Jer 5:26-27
2 verses
79%
26For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
Ps 10:8-9
2 verses
78%
8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.
9He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.
Ps 64:4-6
3 verses
78%
4That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
5They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?
6They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, [say they], a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.
Ps 56:6
78%
6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.
Rom 3:15
76%
15Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Job 18:10
75%
10A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.
Ps 38:12
75%
12They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
Ps 37:32
75%
32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.
Job 38:40
75%
40When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?
Mic 7:2-3
2 verses
75%
2The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
3Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.
Isa 59:7
74%
7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.
Ps 11:2
74%
2For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;
Prov 4:16
74%
16For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Ps 17:11-12
2 verses
74%
11They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast [us] down to the earth.
12He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Ps 59:3
74%
3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.
Jer 18:22
74%
22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
Prov 24:2
73%
2For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.
Job 24:16
73%
16In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.
Prov 24:15
73%
15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:
Jer 9:8
73%
8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.
Ps 141:9
73%
9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Ps 35:7-8
2 verses
73%
7For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul.
8Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.
Prov 12:6
73%
6The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Job 18:8
72%
8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.
Prov 23:28
72%
28Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.
Ps 94:21
72%
21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.
Prov 29:10
72%
10The bloodthirsty hate him that is perfect; And as for the upright, they seek his life.
Hab 2:9
72%
9Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
Ps 37:14
72%
14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.
Mic 2:1
72%
1Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Ps 140:2
72%
2Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.
Ps 140:5
72%
5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. {H5542}
Ps 35:20
72%
20For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.
Job 24:14
72%
14The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
Ps 21:11
71%
11For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.
Ps 69:22
71%
22Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, [let it become] a trap.
Ps 9:15
71%
15The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Prov 7:23
71%
23Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.