Proverbs 1:17-19

Revised Standard Version

¹⁷ For in vain is a net spread
    in the sight of any bird;
¹⁸ but these men lie in wait for their own blood,
    they set an ambush for their own lives.
¹⁹ Such are the ways of all who get gain by violence;
    it takes away the life of its possessors.