Key Verse Spotlight
Proverbs 1:17 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. {in the...: Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing}”
Proverbs 1:17
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. {in the...: Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing}
And they lay wait for their {own} blood; they lurk privily for their {own} lives.
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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