Proverbs 1:19
Such are the ways of every one greedy of unjust gain; It taketh away the life of the possessor thereof.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
18So they lie in wait for their own blood; They lurk secretly for their own lives.
20Wisdom crieth out in the highway; In the market-place she uttereth her voice;
Cross References
Psalms 7:16His mischief returneth upon his own head, And his violence cometh down upon his own skull.
Proverbs 23:3Long not for his dainties. For they are deceitful meat.
Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, — riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt.
Micah 2:1Woe to them that devise iniquity, And contrive evil upon their beds; When the morning is light, they practise 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 →