Proverbs 1:19
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which takes away the life of the owners thereof.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
In Context
18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privately for their own lives.
20Wisdom cries without; she utters her voice in the streets:
Cross References
Joshua 7:25And Joshua said, Why have you troubled us? the LORD shall trouble you this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
2 Kings 5:20But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD lives, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
Psalms 7:16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown of the head.
Proverbs 23:3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful food.
Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
Micah 2:1Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it, because 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 →