Proverbs 1:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.”
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“Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.”
King James Version · Public Domain“So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“So <FI>are<Fi> the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 1:19 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 7:21When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
- Joshua 7:25“Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.
- 2 Samuel 18:11“You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!”
- 2 Kings 5:20Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, while not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
- Job 31:39if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
- Psalms 7:16His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
- Proverbs 15:27He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.
- Proverbs 23:3Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
- Proverbs 29:24A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath, but does not testify.
- Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
- Jeremiah 22:17“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
- Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
- Micah 3:10who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.
- Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
- Acts 8:19“Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
- 1 Timothy 3:3not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
- 1 Timothy 6:9Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
- James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
- 2 Peter 2:3In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
- 2 Peter 2:14Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
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