Proverbs 1:19

Translations

Modern

Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.

Traditional

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

Literal

Such are the ways of everyone being greedy for dishonest gain—the soul of its masters it takes away.

Latin

Sic semitæ omnis avari: animas possidentium rapiunt.

Interlinear

Hebrew

English

Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.

Notes

Proverbs 1:17–19

Birds avoid obvious traps, but greedy people do not. When they choose violence and robbery, they risk losing their lives violently. They might die during the crime or be punished with death if caught. Even if wrongdoers succeed until they die, they will experience judgment after death, while the righteous will be with God (see Psalm 1).

Proverbs 1:10–19

The father warns his child not to join a group of wrongdoers planning to attack innocent people. Their evil actions will eventually harm them (see Proverbs 28:10; Psalms 9:15; 35:8). The evil path involves violence and theft.

Proverbs 1:8–19

In the book of Proverbs, there are two paths (Proverbs 1:15):

A wise and just path
A foolish and evil path

The parents represent the wise path and encourage their child to follow it.

Related verses

Proverbs 15:27
He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.
2 Peter 2:3
In 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.
Proverbs 23:3–4
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
Jeremiah 22:17–19
“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
Micah 2:1–3
Woe 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.
Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
James 5:1–4
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
Micah 3:10–12
…who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Acts 8:19–20
“Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
1 Timothy 3:3
…not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
2 Kings 5:20–27
Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

Glossary

Proverbs, Book of

Topics

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