Proverbs 1:19

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Summary

Proverbs 1:19

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

Every

Taketh

Job 31:39

Ecclesiastes 5:13

General references

Proverbs 1:13

Bible References

Every

He, troubleth his own house, who graspeth with greed, but, he that hateth gifts, shall live.

Do not crave his dainties, for, the same, are deceitful food.

Then said Joab to the man that was telling him, Lo! since thou sawest him, why didst thou not smite him there, to the ground? then should I have been bound to give thee ten pieces of silver, and a girdle.

Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said - Lo! my lord, hath restrained, this Naaman the Syrian, by not taking at his hand that which he brought! By the life of Yahweh, verily, I will runs after him, and accept of him, something.

Verily thou hast neither eyes nor heart, save for thy plundering and for thy shedding of innocent blood, and for oppression and for crushing to do them!

Alas for them who devise iniquity and work wickedness upon their beds, - in the light of the morning, they will execute it, for it is in the power of their hand.

Building Zion, with deeds of blood, - and Jerusalem, with perversity.

Alas! for him who extorteth an extortion of wrong for his own house, - that he may set on high his nest, that he may be delivered from the grasp of calamity.

Saying - Give unto me also this authority, - in order that, on whomsoever may lay my hands, he may receive Holy Spirit.

Not given to wine, not ready to wound, but considerate, averse to contention, not fond of money,

But, they who are determined to be rich, fall into temptation, and a snare, and many foolish and hurtful covetings, the which, sink men into ruin and destruction, -

Come now! ye wealthy! Weep ye, howling, for your hardships which are coming upon you:

And, in greed, with forged words, will they, of you, make merchandise: for whom, the sentence from of old, is not idle, and, their destruction, doth not slumber.

Taketh

If, the strength thereof, I used to eat, without payment, and, the soul of the holders thereof, I made groan;

Here was an incurable evil, I had seen under the sun, riches kept by the owner thereof, to his hurt;

General references

All costly substance, shall we find, We shall fill our houses with spoil;