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Proverbs 1:19
19So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.
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
17For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings. 18And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives. So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors. 20Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways; 21she calleth in the chief [place] of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words:
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כֵּ֗ן אָ֭רְחוֹת כָּל־בֹּ֣צֵֽעַ בָּ֑צַע אֶת־נֶ֖פֶשׁ בְּעָלָ֣יו יִקָּֽח׃ פRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 1:19
- Proverbs 15:27He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
- Proverbs 23:3Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.
- 2 Samuel 18:11And Joab said to the man that told him, And behold, thou sawest [him], and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten silver pieces and a girdle.
- 2 Kings 5:20And Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman, this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought; but as Jehovah liveth, I will run after him and take somewhat of him.
- Jeremiah 22:17But thine eyes and thy heart are only on thine extortion, and on the blood of the innocent, to shed it, and on oppression and on violence, to do it.
- Micah 2:1Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
- Micah 3:10that build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with unrighteousness.
- Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him that getteth iniquitous gain to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of evil!
- Acts 8:19saying, Give to me also this power, in order that on whomsoever I may lay hands he may receive [the] Holy Spirit.
- 1 Timothy 3:3not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,
- 1 Timothy 6:9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.
- James 5:1Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that [are] coming upon [you].
- 2 Peter 2:3And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not.
- Job 31:39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have tormented to death the souls of its owners:
- Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt;
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
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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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