Proverbs 1:19
Such are the ways of every one that graspeth with greed, The life of the owners thereof, it taketh away!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
18Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life.
20Wisdom, in the open place, soundeth forth, in the broadways, she raiseth her voice;
Cross References
Joshua 7:25And Joshua said—Why hast thou troubled us? Yahweh, will trouble thee, this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them up with fire, and covered them with stones;
2 Kings 5:20Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said—Lo! my lord, hath restrained, this Naaman the Syrian, by not taking at his hand that which he brought! By the life of Yahweh, verily, I will runs after him, and accept of him, something.
Psalms 7:16His mischief, turneth back, on his own head,—and, on his own crown, his violence, descendeth.
Proverbs 23:3Do not crave his dainties, for, the same, are deceitful food.
Ecclesiastes 5:13Here was an incurable evil, I had seen under the sun, riches kept by the owner thereof, to his hurt;
Micah 2:1Alas for them who devise iniquity and work wickedness upon their beds,—in the light of the morning, they will execute it, for it is in the power of their hand.
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 →