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Proverbs 1:18

King James Version (KJV)

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Proverbs 1:18

Verse 18 of 33

Scripture focus

And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.

Proverbs 1:18 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 1:18

Theological / Devotional

For their own blood. Criminal activities inevitably lead to the ruin of those who practice them. Few make permanent financial profit, and even these have lost the quiet happiness that honesty alone can ensure. Forced by fear of betrayal to remain on good terms with unpleasant associates, they cannot break out of the net into which they boastfully entered. Repentance, which involves a willingness to pay the penalty for former misdeeds, is the only way out.

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