18 So they lay wait for blood, and lie privily for [a]their lives.

19 Such are the ways of everyone that is greedy of gain: he would take away [b]the life of the owners thereof.

20 [c]Wisdom crieth without: she uttereth her voice in the [d]streets.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:18 He showeth that there is no cause to move these wicked to spoil the innocent, but their avarice and cruelty.
  2. Proverbs 1:19 Whereby he concludeth, that the covetous man is a murderer.
  3. Proverbs 1:20 This wisdom is the eternal word of God.
  4. Proverbs 1:20 So that none can pretend ignorance.

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