Proverbs 1:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.”
Read Proverbs 1:12 in the flow of Proverbs1 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs1 to see the surrounding context.
“let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:”
King James Version · Public Domain“Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“We swallow them as Sheol--alive, And whole--as those going down <FI>to<Fi> the pit,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 1:12 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 16:30But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
- Numbers 26:10And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.
- Psalms 5:9For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
- Psalms 28:1To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
- Psalms 35:25Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
- Psalms 56:1Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
- Psalms 57:3He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
- Psalms 124:3when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
- Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
- Jeremiah 51:34“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.
- Lamentations 2:5The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.
- Lamentations 2:16All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
- Micah 3:2You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
- Romans 3:13“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
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