Proverbs 1:11
If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood,
What it says
The sinners invite him to join an ambush for blood and attack the innocent without cause.
What it is doing
This verse reveals the violent substance of the temptation.
In context
8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, 9For they are a garland of grace on your head 10My son, if sinners entice you, 11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, 12let us swallow them alive like Sheol, 13We will find all manner of precious goods; 14Throw in your lot with us; 15my son, do not walk the road with them 16For their feet run to evil, 17How futile it is to spread the net 18But they lie in wait for their own blood; 19Such is the fate of all who are greedy,