Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 1:13
13We’ll find all kinds of valuable property and fill our houses with plunder.
Proverbs 1:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
- New International Version (NIV)we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;
- English Standard Version (ESV)we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder;
- New King James Version (NKJV)We shall find all kinds of precious possessions, We shall fill our houses with spoil;
Context of Proverbs 1:13
11If they say — “Come with us! Let’s set an ambush and kill someone. Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun! 12Let’s swallow them alive, like Sheol, whole, like those who go down to the Pit. We’ll find all kinds of valuable property and fill our houses with plunder. 14Throw in your lot with us, and we’ll all share the loot” — 15my son, don’t travel that road with them or set foot on their path,
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כָּל־ה֣וֹן יָקָ֣ר נִמְצָ֑א נְמַלֵּ֖א בָתֵּ֣ינוּ שָׁלָֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 1:13
- Proverbs 1:19Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly; it takes the lives of those who receive it.
- Job 24:2The wicked displace boundary markers. They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.
- Isaiah 10:13For he said: I have done this by my own strength and wisdom, for I am clever. I abolished the borders of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty warrior, I subjugated the inhabitants.
- Jeremiah 22:16He took up the case of the poor and needy; then it went well. Is this not what it means to know me? This is the Lord’s declaration.
- Nahum 2:12The lion mauled whatever its cubs needed and strangled prey for its lionesses. It filled up its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.
- Haggai 2:9“The final glory of this house will be greater than the first,” says the Lord of Armies. “I will provide peace in this place” — this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
- Luke 12:15He then told them, “Watch out and be on guard against all greed, because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.”
- 1 Timothy 6:9But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
- Revelation 18:9The kings of the earth who have committed sexual immorality and shared her sensual and excessive ways will weep and mourn over her when they see the smoke from her burning.
Commentaries on Proverbs 1:13
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13The second form of temptation (see Proverbs 1:10 note) appeals to the main attraction of the robber-life, its wild communism, the sense of equal hazards and equal hopes.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. 10-19The father warns his child not to join a group of wrongdoers planning to attack innocent people. Their evil actions will eventually harm them (see Proverbs 28:10; Psalms 9:15; 35:8). The evil path involves violence and theft.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
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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
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