if I have eaten its yield without payment, and caused the death of its owners;
Proverbs 1:19 - Revised Standard Version Such are the ways of all who get gain by violence; it takes away the life of its possessors. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; Which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain; such [greed for plunder] takes away the lives of its possessors. [Prov. 15:27; I Tim. 6:10.] American Standard Version (1901) So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof. Common English Bible These are the ways of all who seek unjust gain; it costs them their lives. Catholic Public Domain Version Thus, the ways of all those who are greedy seize the souls of those who possess. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors. |
if I have eaten its yield without payment, and caused the death of its owners;
His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own pate his violence descends.
Wisdom cries aloud in the street; in the markets she raises her voice;
He who is greedy for unjust gain makes trouble for his household, but he who hates bribes will live.
The partner of a thief hates his own life; he hears the curse, but discloses nothing.
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt,
Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of harm!
no drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and no lover of money.
when I saw among the spoil a beautiful mantle from Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them, and took them; and behold, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
And Joshua said, “Why did you bring trouble on us? The Lord brings trouble on you today.” And all Israel stoned him with stones; they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.
And in their greed they will exploit you with false words; from of old their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction has not been asleep.