Proverbs 1:19

In 11 translations

BSB

Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.

KJV

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

WEB

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

ASV

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

LSV

So [are] the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, || It takes the life of its owners.

YLT

So [are] the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.

DBY

So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.

DRC

So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.

GNV

Such are the wayes of euery one that is greedy of gaine: he would take away the life of the owners thereof.

JPS

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; it taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

LXXE

These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כֵּ֗ן אָ֭רְחוֹת כָּל־בֹּ֣צֵֽעַ בָּ֑צַע אֶת־נֶ֖פֶשׁ בְּעָלָ֣יו יִקָּֽח׃

LXX-Br

Αὗται αἱ ὁδοί εἰσι πάντων τῶν συντελούντων τὰ ἄνομα· τῇ γὰρ ἀσεβείᾳ τὴν ἑαυτῶν ψυχὴν ἀφαιροῦνται.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 15:27He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.
• 2 Peter 2:3In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
• Jeremiah 22:17–19“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.” Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah…
• Micah 2:1–3Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands. They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of…
• Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
• James 5:1–4Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and…
• Proverbs 23:3–4Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive. Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
• Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
• 1 Timothy 3:3not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
• Micah 3:10–12who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity. Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the…
• 2 Kings 5:20–27Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, while not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”…
• Acts 8:19–20“Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with…
• Job 31:39if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
• 2 Peter 2:14–16Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed. They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow…
• 2 Samuel 18:11–13“You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!” The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were…
• 1 Timothy 6:9–10Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By…

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