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

17Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net In the sight of any bird; 18But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives. So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors. 20Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square; 21At the head of the noisy streets she cries out; At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings:

Proverbs 1:19 word by word

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

• Soכֵּןkên · soH3651
• are the waysאֹ֫רַח'ôrach · wayH734
• of everyoneכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• gainsבָּצַעbâtsa‛ · to cut off: to gainH1214
• by violenceבָּצַעbâtsa‛ · to cut off: to gainH1214
• It takesלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• away the lifeנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315
• of its possessorsבַּעַלba‛al · masterH1167

Cross-references for Proverbs 1:19

• Proverbs 15:27He who profits illicitly troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes will live.
• Proverbs 23:3Do not desire his delicacies, For it is deceptive food.
• 2 Samuel 18:11Then Joab said to the man who had told him, “Now behold, you saw him! Why then did you not strike him there to the ground? And I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt.”
• 2 Kings 5:20But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought, “Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Aramean, by not receiving from his hands what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and take something from him.”
• Jeremiah 22:17“But your eyes and your heart Are intent only upon your own dishonest gain, And on shedding innocent blood And on practicing oppression and extortion.”
• Micah 2:1Woe to those who scheme iniquity, Who work out evil on their beds! When morning comes, they do it, For it is in the power of their hands.
• Micah 3:10Who build Zion with bloodshed And Jerusalem with violent injustice.
• Habakkuk 2:9“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house To put his nest on high, To be delivered from the hand of calamity!
• Acts 8:19saying, “Give this authority to me as well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
• 1 Timothy 3:3not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money.
• 1 Timothy 6:9But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction.
• James 5:1Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.
• 2 Peter 2:3and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
• Job 31:39If I have eaten its fruit without money, Or have caused its owners to lose their lives,
• Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his 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

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