"Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:" — Proverbs 1:12

Proverbs 1:12 · KJV

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

— Proverbs 1:12

Verse 11

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

Verse 13

We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

Proverbs 1 — Context

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

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

We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

Cross References

Psalms 124:3

Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

Psalms 28:1

[{A Psalm} of David.] Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, {if} thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. {to me: Heb. from me}

Romans 3:13

Their throat {is} an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps {is} under their lips:

Jeremiah 51:34

Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.

Numbers 16:30-33

But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that {appertain} unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. {make...: Heb. create a creature}

Psalms 35:25

Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. {Ah...: Heb. Ah, ah, our soul}

Psalms 57:3

He shall send from heaven, and save me {from} the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. {from the...: or, he reproacheth him that}

Numbers 26:10

And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.