God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 1:13
13We’ll find all kinds of valuable possessions. We’ll fill our homes with stolen goods.
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 to kill someone. Let’s hide to ambush innocent people for fun. 12We’ll swallow them alive like the grave, like those in good health who go into the pit. We’ll find all kinds of valuable possessions. We’ll fill our homes with stolen goods. 14Join us. We’ll split the loot equally.” 15My son, do not follow them in their way. Do not even set foot on their path,
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כָּל־ה֣וֹן יָקָ֣ר נִמְצָ֑א נְמַלֵּ֖א בָתֵּ֣ינוּ שָׁלָֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 1:13
- Proverbs 1:19This is what happens to everyone who is greedy for unjust gain. Greed takes away his life.
- Job 24:2“⌞People⌟ move boundary markers. They steal flocks and tend them as shepherds.
- Isaiah 10:13The king will say, “I did this with my own two powerful hands. I did this with my wisdom, because I am so clever. I’ve eliminated the boundaries of nations. I’ve looted treasuries. I’ve brought down people like a mighty man.
- Jeremiah 22:16He defended the cause of the poor and needy. Everything went well for him. Isn’t this what it means to know me?” asks the Lord.
- Nahum 2:12The lion tore its prey to pieces to feed its cubs. It strangled ⌞the prey⌟ for its mates. It used to fill its caves with torn carcasses and its dens with torn flesh.
- Haggai 2:9This new house will be more glorious than the former, declares the Lord of Armies. And in this place I will give ⌞them⌟ peace, declares the Lord of Armies.”
- Luke 12:15He told the people, “Be careful to guard yourselves from every kind of greed. Life is not about having a lot of material possessions.”
- 1 Timothy 6:9But people who want to get rich keep falling into temptation. They are trapped by many stupid and harmful desires which drown them in destruction and ruin.
- Revelation 18:9“The kings of the earth who had sex with her and lived in luxury with her will cry and mourn over her when they see the smoke rise from her raging fire.
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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