Proverbs 1:12

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Summary

Proverbs 1:12

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

As the

Psalm 5:9

Romans 3:13

Whole

General references

Bible References

As the

There is nothing truthful in what they say! Their inward part is destruction. Their throat is an open grave. They flatter with their tongue.

Their throat is an open grave. They have practiced deceit with their tongues. The poison of snakes is under their lips. (Psalm 5:9)

Whole

But if Jehovah does something totally new, if the ground opens up, swallows them and everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive to their graves; then you will know that these men have treated Jehovah with contempt.

The ground opened up and swallowed them along with Korah. They and their followers died when the fire consumed the two hundred and fifty men. This was a warning.

([Psalm of David]) O Jehovah, I call to you. O my rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. If you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit (grave).

Answer me quickly, O Jehovah for my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will become like those who go down to the pit.

General references

Then all their livestock and everything else they own will be ours. So let us agree that they can live among us.

And the men of Shechem set men in ambush on the top of the mountains. They robbed all who came along that way. This was reported to Abimelech.

They say: Come and let us destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.

A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him in bad ways.