Proverbs 1:13
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
In Context
12Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit.
14Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:19So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.
Jeremiah 22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy for his own good: was it not therefore because he knew me, saith the Lord?
Amos 3:10And they have not known to do the right thing, saith the Lord, storing up iniquity, and robberies in their houses.
Haggai 2:9The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.
1 Timothy 6:9For they that will become rich, fall into temptation, and into the snare of the devil, and into many unprofitable and hurtful desires, which drown men into destruction and perdition.
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 →