Proverbs 1:13
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil;
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
In Context
12Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
14Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:
Cross References
Proverbs 1:19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; it taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Jeremiah 22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
Amos 3:10For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
Haggai 2:9The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
1 Timothy 6:9But they that desire to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.
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 →