Proverbs 1:19
So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
18And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.
20Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:
Cross References
Joshua 7:25Where Josue said: Because thou hast troubled us, the Lord trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him: and all things that were his, were consumed with fire.
2 Kings 5:20But Giezi the servant of the man of God said: My master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving of him that which he brought: as the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take some thing of him:
Psalms 7:16He hath opened a pit and dug it; and he is fallen into the hole he made.
Proverbs 23:3Be not desirous of his meats, in which is the bread of deceit.
Ecclesiastes 5:13For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want.
Micah 2:1Woe to you that devise that which is unprofitable, and work evil in your beds: in the morning light they execute it, because their hand is against God.
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 →