Proverbs 1:13
We shall finde all precious riches, and fill our houses with spoyle:
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
In Context
12We wil swallow them vp aliue like a graue euen whole, as those that goe downe into the pit:
14Cast in thy lot among vs: we will all haue one purse:
Cross References
Proverbs 1:19Such are the wayes of euery one that is greedy of gaine: he would take away the life of the owners thereof.
Jeremiah 22:16When he iudged the cause of the afflicted and the poore, he prospered: was not this because he knewe me, saith the Lord?
Amos 3:10For they knowe not to doe right, sayth the Lord: they store vp violence, and robbery in their palaces.
Haggai 2:9The siluer is mine, and the golde is mine, sayth the Lord of hostes.
1 Timothy 6:9For they that will be rich, fall into tentation and snares, and into many foolish and noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and 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 →