Proverbs 1:18
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
Cross-references
Proverbs 1:11 gives the actual invitation to lie in wait for blood — the specific plan that backfires in 1:18.
Proverbs 9:18 reveals that the guests of folly are in Sheol — directly echoing that those who lay traps end up in death themselves.
Proverbs 5:22 states the wicked are caught by their own iniquities — exactly the self-entrapment described as 'lying in wait for their own blood'.
Proverbs 21:7 states violence sweeps away the wicked — directly parallel to 1:18's self-ambush.
Proverbs 13:2 says the treacherous desire violence — the same inner drive that leads to the ambush in 1:18.
Proverbs 11:18 says the wicked's wages are deceptive — echoing that violent schemes yield no real gain, just self-destruction.
Proverbs 5:23 shows the result: death from lack of instruction — consistent with the self-destructive path of the wicked in Proverbs 1:18.
Matthew 27:5 recounts Judas hanging himself — a literal fulfillment of the wicked ambushing their own lives.
Psalm 9:16 states the wicked are snared by their own hands — the same principle of self-inflicted downfall.
Psalm 7:14-16 describes the wicked falling into the pit they dug — directly illustrating self-destructive scheming.
In Esther 7:10, Haman is hanged on the gallows he built for Mordecai — a vivid example of the wicked ambushing their own lives.
In Esther 7:10, Haman is hanged on the gallows he built for Mordecai — a vivid example of the wicked ambushing their own lives.
Jeremiah 5:26 uses the same 'lie in wait' and 'set a trap' imagery for wicked men — mirroring the ambush theme.
Jeremiah 44:7 asks why people cut off themselves by their own evil — same self-destructive consequence as in 1:18.
Habakkuk 2:10 says the violent have forfeited their lives — identical outcome to Proverbs' 'ambush their own lives'.
Psalm 55:23 declares God casts the wicked into destruction — similar outcome but emphasizes divine judgment rather than self-entrapment.
Numbers 16:38 refers to rebels who sinned at the cost of their lives — their own actions led to destruction, echoing the theme.