Proverbs 1:19
Such are the wayes of euery one that is greedy of gaine: he would take away the life of the owners thereof.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
18So they lay waite for blood and lie priuily for their liues.
20Wisdome cryeth without: she vttereth her voyce in the streetes.
Cross References
Joshua 7:25And Ioshua said, In as much as thou hast troubled vs, the Lord shall trouble thee this day: and all Israel threwe stones at him, and burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.
2 Kings 5:20And Gehazi the seruant of Elisha the man of God sayde, Beholde, my master hath spared this Aramite Naaman, receiuing not those things at his hand that he brought: as the Lord liueth, I will runne after him, and take somewhat of him.
Psalms 7:16His mischiefe shall returne vpon his owne head, and his crueltie shall fall vpon his owne pate.
Proverbs 23:3Be not desirous of his deintie meates: for it is a deceiuable meate.
Ecclesiastes 5:13And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.
Micah 2:1Woe vnto them, that imagine iniquitie, and worke wickednesse vpon their beddes: when the morning is light they practise it because their hande hath power.
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 →