Proverbs 1:12

Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

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In context

Before · Proverbs 1:10–11

10My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent. 11If they say, “Come with us. Let’s lie in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.

12Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

After · Proverbs 1:13–14

13We’ll find all valuable wealth. We’ll fill our houses with plunder. 14You shall cast your lot among us. We’ll all have one purse”—

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FootnoteSheol is the place of the dead.

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