Proverbs 1:17-18 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 1:10-19

Here Solomon gives another general rule to young people, in order to their finding out, and keeping in, the paths of wisdom, and that is to take heed of the snare of bad company. David's psalms begin with this caution, and so do Solomon's proverbs; for nothing is more destructive, both to a lively devotion and to a regular conversation (Prov. 1:10): ?My son, whom I love, and have a tender concern for, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.? This is good advice for parents to give their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 1:17

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. Or "without cause" F25 הנם "sine causa", Vatablus, Mercerus, Gejerus. , as the word is rendered in Proverbs 1:11 ; and so the words are an illustration of the preceding; showing that the blood of innocent persons is shed without cause, no injury being done by them to those that do it, but is shed without any provocation at all; just as the net is spread for the innocent bird, which has done no harm to the fowler that seeks... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 1:18

And they lay wait for their own blood ,.... While they lie in wait for the blood of others, they lie in wait for their own; and when they shed the blood of innocent persons, it in the issue comes upon their own heads, and is the cause of their own blood being shed; vengeance pursues them, and justice will not suffer them to live; they lurk privily for their own lives : while they are lurking in secret places to take away, the lives of others, they are laying snares for their own... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 1:17

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird - This is a proverb of which the wise man here makes a particular use; and the meaning does not seem as difficult as some imagine. The wicked are represented as lurking privily for the innocent. It is in this way alone that they can hope to destroy them and take their substance; for if their designs were known, proper precautions would be taken against them; for it would be vain to spread the net in the sight of those birds which men... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 1:18

They lay wait for their own blood - I believe it is the innocent who are spoken of here, for whose blood and lives these lay wait and lurk privily; certainly not their own, by any mode of construction. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:8-19

1. First admonitory discourse. Warning against enticements to robbery and bloodshed. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:10-19

Warnings against the evils of the time An unsettled time, one of violence and insecurity of life, appears to be indicated, such as has only its occasional parallel in our society. Yet the perverted impulses which lead to open crime are those which induce every species of dishonesty and more subtle attacks upon the life or property of others. We may thus draw from a particular description some general lessons. But it seems to give more point and force to the passage if we view it as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:10-19

The peril and the wisdom of youth: a sermon to the young Hew many human lives are nothing better than failures! How many souls are there that "make shipwreck of faith and a good conscience"! Over how many of the children of men do the wise and the holy mourn, as those who might have done well and wrought good, but who have turned aside to folly, guilt, and ruin! As a rule, these have gone astray in their younger days. Temptation assailed them when they were comparatively unarmed, attacked... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:17

Surely in vain the net is spread in the face of any bird. The teacher here advances a second reason in support of his warning in Proverbs 1:15 , under the form of a proverb in its strict sense. It is based on the ill-advised audacity of sinners in flying in the face of God's judgments. In vain ( חִנָּם , khinnam ) , see Proverbs 1:11 , may be taken in two senses. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:18

And they lay wait for their own blood, etc. The third reason or argument why the teacher's warning should be followed, drawn from the destruction which overtakes the sinners themselves. "Lay wait," and "lurk privily," as in Proverbs 1:11 , from which this verse is evidently borrowed. They propose, as they say, to lay wait for the blood of others; but it is, says the teacher, for their own blood. לְדָמָם ( l'dhammam ), contra sanguinem suum ; they lurk privily. as they say,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 1:10-19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 1:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 1:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 1:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 1:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:8-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:10-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:10-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:18

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