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Proverbs 1:17-19
Contemporary English Version
Proverbs 1:17-19
Contemporary English Version
17 They are like a bird
that sees the bait,
but ignores the trap.[a]
18 They gang up to murder someone,
but they are the victims.
19 The wealth you get from crime
robs you of your life.
Footnotes
- 1.17 They are … trap: Or “Be like a bird that won't go for the bait, if it sees the trap.”
Proverbs 1:17-19
New International Version
Proverbs 1:17-19
New International Version
Proverbs 1:17-19
King James Version
Proverbs 1:17-19
King James Version
17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
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