Proverbs 1:11 (BSB)

If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,

From Proverbs 1. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 1:11

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 1:10-19: Here Solomon gives another general rule to young people, in order to their finding out, and keeping in, the paths of wisdom, and that is to take heed of the snare of bad company. David's psalms begin with this caution, and so do Solomon's proverbs; for nothing is more destructive, both to a lively devotion and to a regular conversation (Pro 1:10): "My son, whom...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 1:11: If they say, come with us,.... Leave your father's house, and the business of life in which you are; make one of us, and become a member of our society, and go along with us upon the highway; let us lay wait for blood; lie in ambush under some hedge or another, waiting till a rich traveller comes up and passes that way, and then...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 1:11: Murder and robbery are given as specific illustrations. lay wait . . . lurk privily--express an effort and hope for successful concealment. swallow . . . grave--utterly destroy the victim and traces of the crime (Num 16:33; Psa 55:15). Abundant rewards of villainy are promised as the fruits of this easy and safe course.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 1:11: If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: (k) He speaks not only of the shedding of blood with hand, but of all crafty practises which tend to the detriment of our neighbour.