Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
So are the ways of everyone who gains unjust gain; it takes away its owners' life.
New American Standard Bible
It takes away the life of its possessors.
King James Version
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Holman Bible
it takes the lives of those who receive it.
International Standard Version
Such is the way of all those who seek illicit gain it takes away the lives of those who possess it.
A Conservative Version
So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain. It takes away the life of the owners of it.
American Standard Version
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Amplified
So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
Greed takes away the lives of its possessors.
Bible in Basic English
Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.
Darby Translation
So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.
Julia Smith Translation
So the ways of every one plundering plunder; he will take the soul of those possessing it.
King James 2000
So are the ways of everyone that is greedy of gain; which takes away the life of its owners.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Thus are the ways of all who are greedy [for] gain-- it will take the life of its possessors.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
These are the ways of all such as be covetous, that one would ravish another's life.
NET Bible
Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!
New Heart English Bible
So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.
The Emphasized Bible
Such are the ways of every one that graspeth with greed, The life of the owners thereof, it taketh away!
Webster
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; who taketh away the life of its owners.
World English Bible
So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.
Youngs Literal Translation
So are the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.
Themes
The call of God » Rejection of, leads to » Rejection by God
Covetousness » Leads to » Murder
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 1:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Advice To The Young
18 And they lie in wait for their own blood; they watch secretly for their own lives. 19 So are the ways of everyone who gains unjust gain; it takes away its owners' life. 20 Wisdom cries outside; she utters her voice in the streets;
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 15:27
He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes shall live.
2 Samuel 18:11-13
And Joab said to the man who told him, And, behold, you saw him, and why did you not strike him there to the ground? And I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a girdle.
2 Kings 5:20-27
And Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hand that which he brought. But, as Jehovah lives, I will run after him and take something from him.
Job 31:39
if I have eaten its strength without silver, or have caused its owner to expire,
Proverbs 23:3-4
Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceitful food.
Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for their owners to their hurt.
Jeremiah 22:17-19
But your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your unjust gain, and to shed innocent blood, and for cruelty, and to do violence.
Micah 2:1-3
Woe to those who plot wickedness and prepare evil on their beds! When the morning is light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Micah 3:10-12
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him who robs evil booty for his house, to set his nest on high, to be delivered from the hand of evil!
Acts 8:19-20
saying, Give me this power also, that on whomever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.
1 Timothy 3:3
not a drunkard, not contentious, not greedy of ill gain, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous,
1 Timothy 6:9-10
But they who will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which plunge men into destruction and perdition.
James 5:1-4
Come now, rich ones, weep and howl for your hardships coming on.
2 Peter 2:3
And through covetousness they will use you for gain with well-turned words; for whom judgment from of old does not linger, and their destruction does not sleep.
2 Peter 2:14-16
having eyes full of adultery and never ceasing from sin, alluring unstable souls, having a heart exercised with covetousness. They are cursed children