Proverbs 1:19 · KJV
“So {are} the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; {which} taketh away the life of the owners thereof.”
— Proverbs 1:19
And they lay wait for their {own} blood; they lurk privily for their {own} lives.
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: {Wisdom: Heb. Wisdoms, that is, Excellent wisdom}
Proverbs 1 — Context
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. {in the...: Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing}
18And they lay wait for their {own} blood; they lurk privily for their {own} lives.
19So {are} the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; {which} taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: {Wisdom: Heb. Wisdoms, that is, Excellent wisdom}
21She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, {saying},
Cross References
Proverbs 15:27
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
2 Peter 2:3
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
Jeremiah 22:17-19
But thine eyes and thine heart {are} not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do {it}. {violence: or, incursion}
Micah 2:1-3
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
James 5:1-4
Go to now, {ye} rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon {you}.
Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! {coveteth...: or, gaineth and evil gain} {power...: Heb. palm of the hand}
Proverbs 23:3-4
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they {are} deceitful meat.
2 Kings 5:20-27
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, {as} the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.