Proverbs 1:19
Such [are] the wayes of euery one that is greedie of gayne, who taketh away the life of the owner therof.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
18So these lay wayte for the blood of them, and lye priuily for their liues.
20Wisdome cryeth without, and putteth foorth her voyce in the streetes:
Cross References
Proverbs 23:3Be not desirous of his daintie meates, for meate begyleth and deceaueth.
Ecclesiastes 5:13Yet is there a sore plague which I haue seene vnder the sunne [namely] riches kept to the hurt of him that hath them in possession:
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 →