Proverbs 1:19

New English Translation

Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!

Cross References

Job 31:39

if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners,

Psalm 7:16

He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.

Proverbs 1:20

Wisdom calls out in the street, she shouts loudly in the plazas;

Proverbs 15:27

The one who is greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live.

Proverbs 29:24

Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

Habakkuk 2:9

The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.

1 Timothy 3:3

not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.

Joshua 7:21

I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon, two hundred silver pieces, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent with the silver underneath.”

Joshua 7:25

Joshua said, “Why have you brought disaster on us? The Lord will bring disaster on you today!” All Israel stoned him to death. (They also stoned and burned the others.)

2 Peter 2:3

And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.