Proverbs 1:19 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁹ Such are the ways of everyone greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ 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

¹⁹ 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)

¹⁹ So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ These are the ways of all who seek unjust gain; it costs them their lives.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ Thus, the ways of all those who are greedy seize the souls of those who possess.

Proverbs 1:19 Cross References

Job 31:39

if I have eaten its fruit without payment, or caused its owners to die;

Psalm 7:16

His trouble turns back upon his own head, And his wrongdoing comes down on the top of his head.

Proverbs 1:20

Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the broad places.

Proverbs 15:27

He who is greedy for gain, troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes lives.

Proverbs 29:24

He who shares with a thief hates his own life; He hears an oath, but does not report.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a sickly evil I have seen under the sun: riches kept for their owner, for his evil.

Habakkuk 2:9

“Woe to him who is getting evil gain for his house, in order to set his nest on high, to escape the clutches of evil!

1 Timothy 3:3

not given to wine, no brawler, but gentle, not quarrelsome, no lover of money,

Joshua 7:21

“When I saw among the spoil a lovely garment from Shinʽ

Joshua 7:25

And Yehoshua said, “Why have you troubled us? יהוה  does trouble you today!” Then all Yisra’ĕ

2 Peter 2:3

and in greed, with fabricated words, they shall use you for gain. From of old their judgment does not linger, and their destruction does not slumber.