Proverbs 1:13
So shall we finde all maner of costly riches, and fill our houses with spoyles:
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
In Context
12Let vs swallowe them vp lyke the graue quicke and whole, as those that go downe into the pit:
14Cast in thy lot among vs, and let vs all haue one purse.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:19Such [are] the wayes of euery one that is greedie of gayne, who taketh away the life of the owner therof.
Amos 3:10For they know not to do right, sayth the Lorde, they store vp violence and robberie in their palaces.
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 →