Proverbs 1:18

18 but people like that are setting a trap for themselves, a trap in which they will die.

Proverbs 1:18 Meaning and 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 souls; and the consequence of it will be, that they will be brought to a shameful and untimely end here, or, however, to everlasting ruin and destruction hereafter.

Proverbs 1:18 In-Context

16 They can't wait to do something bad. They're always ready to kill.

17 It does no good to spread a net when the bird you want to catch is watching,

18 but people like that are setting a trap for themselves, a trap in which they will die.

19 Robbery always claims the life of the robber - this is what happens to anyone who lives by violence.

20 Listen! Wisdom is calling out in the streets and marketplaces,