Proverbs 1:13
let us seize on his valuable property, and let us fill our houses with spoils:
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
In Context
12and let us swallow him alive, as Hades would, and remove the memorial of him from the earth:
Cross References
Proverbs 1:19These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.
Jeremiah 22:16They understood not, they judged not the cause of the afflicted, nor the cause of the poor: is not this thy not knowing me? saith the Lord.
Amos 3:10And she knew not what things would come against her, saith the Lord, even those that store up wrong and misery in their countries.
Haggai 2:9For the glory of this house shall be great, the latter more than the former, saith the Lord Almighty: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord Almighty, even peace of soul for + 2:9 Or, salvation.a possession to every one that builds, to raise up this temple.
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 →