Proverbs 1:17
King James Version
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Proverbs 1:17 in context
Proverbs 1:15
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
Proverbs 1:16
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Proverbs 1:18
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
Proverbs 1:19
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.