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Proverbs 1:13
13Think of the great things we’ll get! We’ll fill our houses with all the stuff we take.
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
11They may say, “Come and join us. Let’s hide and kill someone! Just for fun, let’s ambush the innocent! 12Let’s swallow them alive, like the grave; let’s swallow them whole, like those who go down to the pit of death. Think of the great things we’ll get! We’ll fill our houses with all the stuff we take. 14Come, throw in your lot with us; we’ll all share the loot.” 15My child, don’t go along with them! Stay far away from their paths.
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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 1:19Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money; it robs them of life.
- Job 24:2Evil people steal land by moving the boundary markers. They steal livestock and put them in their own pastures.
- Isaiah 10:13He boasts, “By my own powerful arm I have done this. With my own shrewd wisdom I planned it. I have broken down the defenses of nations and carried off their treasures. I have knocked down their kings like a bull.
- Jeremiah 22:16He gave justice and help to the poor and needy, and everything went well for him. Isn’t that what it means to know me?” says the Lord.
- Nahum 2:12The lion tore up meat for his cubs and strangled prey for his mate. He filled his den with prey, his caverns with his plunder.
- Haggai 2:9The future glory of this Temple will be greater than its past glory, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. And in this place I will bring peace. I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!”
- Luke 12:15Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”
- 1 Timothy 6:9But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
- Revelation 18:9And the kings of the world who committed adultery with her and enjoyed her great luxury will mourn for her as they see the smoke rising from her charred remains.
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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