Proverbs 1:13

Goods of great price will be ours, our houses will be full of wealth;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

In Context

12Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;

14Take your chance with us, and we will all have one money-bag:

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:19Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.

Jeremiah 22:16He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

Amos 3:10For they have no knowledge of how to do what is right, says the Lord, who are storing up violent acts and destruction in their great houses.

Haggai 2:9The second glory of this house will be greater than the first, says the Lord of armies: and in this place I will give peace, says the Lord of armies.

1 Timothy 6:9But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:11-20

Parental Admonitions. 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: 12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: 14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: 16 For their feet run to… Read the whole commentary →

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