Proverbs 1:18
“And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.”
KJV
Read in Proverbs 1Meaning
The text turns the plotters' violence back on them as a picture of self-destructive wrongdoing.
Read carefully
It warns that violence is self-destructive; it does not commission retaliation.
Reflection
Recognize that harming others can also corrupt and endanger your own life.