Proverbs 1:18

18 ipsique contra sanguinem suum insidiantur et moliuntur fraudes contra animas suas

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 pedes enim illorum ad malum currunt et festinant ut effundant sanguinem
17 frustra autem iacitur rete ante oculos pinnatorum
18 ipsique contra sanguinem suum insidiantur et moliuntur fraudes contra animas suas
19 sic semitae omnis avari animas possidentium rapiunt
20 sapientia foris praedicat in plateis dat vocem suam
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