Proverbs 1:19

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. 2 It takes away the life of its owners. 1

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In The King James Version

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

In Context

18but these lay wait for their own blood. 2 They lurk secretly for their own lives. 1

20Wisdom calls aloud in the street. 2 She utters her voice in the public squares. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 7:16The trouble he causes shall teshuvah ·completely return· to his own head. 2 His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head. 1

Proverbs 23:3Don’t be desirous of his dainties, 2 since they are deceitful food. 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 →

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