Proverbs 1:19 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁹ Such is the fate of all gaining by violence. It takes the life of its possessor.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Job 31:39

if I have eaten its fruits without money, or caused the death of its owners,

Psalm 7:16

He digs a pit, scrapes it out, and then falls into the hole he has made.

Proverbs 1:20

Wisdom calls aloud in the streets, she raises her voice in public squares.

Proverbs 15:27

One greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live.

Proverbs 29:24

An accomplice of a thief is his own enemy. He hears the oath but says nothing.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

or wealth lost in a bad investment, and when he fathers a son, there is nothing in his hand.

Habakkuk 2:9

Oy to one surely getting unjust gain for his house— to set his nest on high, to escape the reach of calamity!

1 Timothy 3:3

not addicted to wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money,

Joshua 7:21

When I saw among the spoil a beautiful Shinar mantle and 200 shekels of silver and a wedge of gold 50 shekels in weight, I coveted them and took them. Look, they are buried in the ground in the middle of my tent, with the silver under it.”

Joshua 7:25

Then Joshua said, “Why have you brought trouble on us? Adonai will trouble you this day.” Then all Israel stoned him with stones, burned them with fire and stoned them with stones.

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.