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Proverbs 1:13

What does Proverbs 1:13 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 1:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Goods of great price will be ours, our houses will be full of wealth;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Every precious substance we find, We fill our houses <FI>with<Fi> spoil,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

Context

v.12Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;

v.13This passage

v.14Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 10:13

    For he hath said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have brought down them that sit on thrones:

  • Luke 12:15

    And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

  • Nahum 2:12

    The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin.

  • Proverbs 1:19

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

  • Job 24:2

    There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

  • 1 Timothy 6:9

    But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

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