Proverbs 1:19
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; it taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
18And these lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk for their own lives.
20Wisdom crieth aloud in the streets, she uttereth her voice in the broad places;
Cross References
Joshua 7:25And Joshua said: 'Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day.' And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.
2 Kings 5:20But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said: 'Behold, my master hath spared this Naaman the Aramean, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought; as the LORD liveth, I will surely run after him, and take somewhat of him.'
Psalms 7:16(7-17) His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
Proverbs 23:3Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful food.
Ecclesiastes 5:13(5-12) There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt;
Micah 2:1Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they execute it, because it is in the power of their hand.
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 →