Proverbs 1:19
So 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
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
18And they lie in wait for their own dahm; 1 they lurk secretly for their own nafshot. 1
20Chochmot crieth out in the street; 1 she lifts up her voice in the rechovot (city squares); 1
Cross References
Joshua 7:25And Yehoshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? Hashem shall trouble thee yom hazeh. And kol Yisroel stoned him with even (stones), and burned them with eish, after they had stoned them with avanim (stones).
2 Kings 5:20But Geichazi, the na'ar Elishah the Ish HaElohim, said, Hinei, adoni hath spared Na'aman HaArami hazeh by not accepting at his hands that which he brought: but, as Hashem liveth, I will run after him, and take something of him.
Psalms 7:16He makes a pit, and digs it, 1 and is fallen into the shachat (pit) which he made. 1
Proverbs 23:3Be not desirous of his delicacies, 1 for they are lechem kezavim (deceitful food). 1
Ecclesiastes 5:13The same osher (riches) perish by an evil event and he begetteth a ben; thus this one hath nothing in his hand.
Micah 2:1Hoy (Woe) to them that devise aven (iniquity), 1 and plot rah (evil) upon their mishkavim (beds)! 1 At ohr haboker they carry it out, 1 because it is in the power of their hand. 1
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 →