King James Version (KJV) Authorized Version 1611

Proverbs 1:17 KJV

"Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird."

Proverbs Chapter 1, Verse 17

Proverbs 1:17 in Context (Verses 14–20 KJV)

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

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.^*

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.

¶ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:^*