Proverbs 1:19

Proverbs 1:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
• New International Version (NIV)Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the life of those who get it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.

Context of Proverbs 1:19

17How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it! 18But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives. Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors. 20Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square; 21in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:

Proverbs 1:19 word by word

כֵּ֗ן אָ֭רְחוֹת כָּל־בֹּ֣צֵֽעַ בָּ֑צַע אֶת־נֶ֖פֶשׁ בְּעָלָ֣יו יִקָּֽח׃ פRead the interlinear

• Suchכֵּןkên · soH3651
• the fateאֹ֫רַח'ôrach · wayH734
• of allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• who are greedyבָּצַעbâtsa‛ · to cut off: to gainH1214
• whose unjust gainבֶּ֫צַעbetsa‛ · unjust-gainH1215
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• takesלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• the livesנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315
• of its possessorsבַּעַלba‛al · masterH1167

Cross-references for Proverbs 1:19

• Proverbs 15:27He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.
• Proverbs 23:3Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
• 2 Samuel 18:11“You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!”
• 2 Kings 5:20Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
• Jeremiah 22:17“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
• Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
• Micah 3:10who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.
• Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
• Acts 8:19“Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
• 1 Timothy 3:3not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
• 1 Timothy 6:9Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
• James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
• 2 Peter 2:3In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
• Job 31:39if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
• Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

Commentaries on Proverbs 1:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Which taketh away the life - A covetous man is in effect, and in the sight of God, a murderer; he wishes to get all the gain that can accrue to any or all who are in the same business that he follows - no matter to him how many families starve in consequence. This is the very case with him who sets up shop after shop in different parts of the same town or neighborhood, in which he carries on the same business, and endeavors to undersell others in the same…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Not robbery only, but all forms of covetousness are destructive of true life.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-19Verses 10-19 Wicked people are zealous in seducing others into the paths of the destroyer: sinners love company in sin. But they have so much the more to answer for. How cautious young people should be! "Consent thou not." Do not say as they say, nor do as they do, or would have thee to do; have no fellowship with them. Who could think that it should be a pleasure to one man to destroy another! See their idea of worldly wealth; but it is neither…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-19Birds avoid obvious traps, but greedy people do not. When they choose violence and robbery, they risk losing their lives violently. They might die during the crime or be punished with death if caught. Even if wrongdoers succeed until they die, they will experience judgment after death, while the righteous will be with God (see Psalm 1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1910-19. A solemn warning against temptation. entice--literally, "open the way." consent ... not--Sin is in consenting or yielding to temptation, not in being tempted.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 1:19

• Covetousness
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Call
• Consent
• Despise
• Entice
• Hate
• Lurk
• Naught
• Prosperity
• Proverb
• Refrain

Commentaries on Proverbs 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings