Proverbs 1:13

We shall find all precious substance, 1 we shall fill bateinu (our houses) with plunder; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

In Context

12Let us swallow them up chayyim (alive) like She'ol; 1 and whole, as those that go down into the bor (pit); 1

14Throw in thy goral (lot) among us; 1 let all of us have kis echad (one pouch, purse). 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:19So are the ways of every one that is greedy for betza (ill-gotten gain); 1 which taketh away the nefesh of the be'alim (owners) thereof. 1

Jeremiah 22:16He defended the cause of the oni (poor) and evyon (needy); 1 then it was tov (well) with him; 1 was not this to have da'as of Me? saith Hashem. 1

Amos 3:10For they have no da'as to do right, saith Hashem, 1 who store up chamas and shod in their fortresses. 1

Haggai 2:9The kavod of this latter Beis shall be greater than of the former, saith Hashem Tzva'os: and in this place will I give shalom, saith Hashem Tzva'os.

1 Timothy 6:9But the ones desiring to be oishirim (rich men) fall into nisayon (temptation) and into a pakh (trap) and into many foolish and destructive ta'avot (lusts) which plunge men into cherem and Avaddon (destruction).

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 →

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