Proverbs 1:19

Proverbs chapter 1 · verse 19 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.18And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

v.19This passage

v.20Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;

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

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.
Micah 2:1
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.
Acts 8:19
saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.
Proverbs 15:27
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; But he that hateth bribes shall live.
1 Timothy 3:3
no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
James 5:1
Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.