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Proverbs 1

Prov. 1:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And they lay wait
'arab (Hebrew #693)
to lurk
KJV usage: (lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.
Pronounce: aw-rab'
Origin: a primitive root
for their own blood
dam (Hebrew #1818)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
KJV usage: blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), + innocent.
Pronounce: dawm
Origin: from 1826 (compare 119)
; they lurk privily
tsaphan (Hebrew #6845)
to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk
KJV usage: esteem, hide(-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret(-ly, place).
Pronounce: tsaw-fan'
Origin: a primitive root
for their own lives
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
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Cross References

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Prov. 5:22‑23• 22His own iniquities shall take the wicked,{HR}And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
 23He shall die for lack of discipline;{HR}And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. (Prov. 5:22‑23)
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Prov. 9:17‑18• 17Stolen waters are sweet,{HR}And the bread of secrecy is pleasant.
 18But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there,{HR}[That] her guests [are] in the depths of Sheol. (Prov. 9:17‑18)
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Prov. 28:17• 17A man laden with the blood of [any] person,{HR}Fleeth to the pit:{HR}Let no man stay him. (Prov. 28:17)
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Esther 7:10• 10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. (Esther 7:10)
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Psa. 7:14‑16• 14Behold he travaileth [with] iniquity,{HR}And he hath conceived mischief and brought forth falsehood.
 15He hath dug a pit, and enlarged it,{HR}And he falleth into the pit which he maketh.
 16His mischief shall return upon his own head,{HR}And upon the crown of his head shall his violence come down. (Psa. 7:14‑16)
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Psa. 9:16• 16Jehovah is become known;{HR}He hath executed judgment:{HR}In the work of his own hands the wicked [man] is ensnared.{HR}Higgayon. Selah. (Psa. 9:16)
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Psa. 55:23• 23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down to the pit of corruption:{HR}Men of blood and deceit shall not live out half their days.{HR}But for me, I will trust in thee. (Psa. 55:23)
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Matt. 27:4‑5• 4saying, I have sinned [in] having delivered up guiltless blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou [to that].
 5And having cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, he left the place, and went away and hanged himself. (Matt. 27:4‑5)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.

W. Kelly Translation

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And they lay wait for their own blood;{HR}They lurk privily for their own lives.