Proverbs 1:17 KJV
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Proverbs 1:15–19 KJV Chapter Context
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My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
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For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
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Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
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And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
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So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.