New International Version
Proverbs 1:19
19Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the life of those who get it.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money; it robs them of life.
Context of Proverbs 1:19
17How useless to spread a net where every bird can see it! 18These men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush only themselves! Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the life of those who get it. 20Out in the open wisdom calls aloud, she raises her voice in the public square; 21on top of the wall she cries out, at the city gate she makes her speech:
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כֵּ֗ן אָ֭רְחוֹת כָּל־בֹּ֣צֵֽעַ בָּ֑צַע אֶת־נֶ֖פֶשׁ בְּעָלָ֣יו יִקָּֽח׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 1:19
- Proverbs 15:27The greedy bring ruin to their households, but the one who hates bribes will live.
- Proverbs 23:3Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
- 2 Samuel 18:11Joab said to the man who had told him this, “What! You saw him? Why didn’t you strike him to the ground right there? Then I would have had to give you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt.”
- 2 Kings 5:20Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said to himself, “My master was too easy on Naaman, this Aramean, by not accepting from him 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 your heart are set only on dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and extortion.”
- Micah 2:1Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it.
- Micah 3:10who build Zion with bloodshed, and Jerusalem with wickedness.
- Habakkuk 2:9“Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, setting his nest on high to escape the clutches of ruin!
- Acts 8:19and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
- 1 Timothy 3:3not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
- 1 Timothy 6:9Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
- James 5:1Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you.
- 2 Peter 2:3In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
- Job 31:39if I have devoured its yield without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
- Ecclesiastes 5:13I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners,
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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