Proverbs 1:18 (BSB)

But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.

From Proverbs 1. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 1:18

• 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 1:18: And they lay wait for their own blood,.... While they lie in wait for the blood of others, they lie in wait for their own; and when they shed the blood of innocent persons, it in the issue comes upon their own heads, and is the cause of their own blood being shed; vengeance pursues them, and justice will not suffer them to live; they...
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 1:18: And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives. (o) He shows that there is no reason to move these wicked to spoil the innocent, aside from their malice and cruelty.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 1:18: Pro 1:18 The causal conj. כּי (for) in Pro 1:16 and Pro 1:17 are coordinated; and there now follows, introduced by the conj. ו (“and”), a third reason for the warning: And they lie in wait for their own blood, They lay snares for their own lives.