Proverbs 1:10-12

The Enticement of Sinners

¹⁰ My son, if sinners _l entice you,
do not consent.
¹¹ If they say, "Come with us, _m let us lie in wait for blood;
_n let us ambush the innocent without reason;
¹² like Sheol let us _o swallow them alive,
and whole, like _p those who go down to the pit;

1. Cross References
   Proverbs 16:29
   A man of violence entices his neighbor and leads him in a way that is not good.
   
2. Cross References
   Proverbs 1:18
   But these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.
   Proverbs 12:6
   The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them.
   Jeremiah 5:26
   For wicked men are found among my people; they lurk like fowlers lying in wait. They set a trap; they catch men.
   
3. Cross References
   Proverbs 1:18
   But these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.
   Psalms 10:8
   He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless.
   Psalms 64:5
   They hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly, thinking, "Who can see them?
   
4. Cross References
   Psalms 124:3
   Then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us.
   Numbers 16:32 - 33
   And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the people who belonged to Korah and all their goods.
   
5. Cross References
   Psalms 28:1
   To you, O Lord, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.