Proverbs 1:19

New American Bible - revised edition

This is the way of everyone greedy for loot: it takes away their lives.

Cross References

Job 31:39

If I have eaten its strength without payment and grieved the hearts of its tenants;

Psalm 7:16

He digs a hole and bores it deep, but he falls into the pit he has made.

Proverbs 1:20

Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the open squares she raises her voice;

Proverbs 15:27

The greedy tear down their own house, but those who hate bribes will live.

Proverbs 29:24

Partners of a thief hate themselves; they hear the imprecation but do not testify.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

Should the riches be lost through some misfortune, they may have offspring when they have no means.

Habakkuk 2:9

Ah! you who pursue evil gain for your household, setting your nest on high to escape the reach of misfortune!

1 Timothy 3:3

not a drunkard, not aggressive, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money.

Joshua 7:21

Among the spoils, I saw a beautiful Babylonian mantle, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold fifty shekels in weight; I coveted them and I took them. They are now hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

Joshua 7:25

Joshua said, “What misery have you caused us? May the Lord bring misery upon you today!” And all Israel stoned him to death. They burnt them with fire and they stoned them.

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed they will exploit you with fabrications, but from of old their condemnation has not been idle and their destruction does not sleep. Lessons from the Past.