Proverbs 1:13
in Proverbs 1We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.
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ASV
We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil;
KJV
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
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This verse in Proverbs 1
Commentary
10 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The second form of temptation (see Pro 1:10 note) appeals to the main attraction of the robber-life, its wild communism, the sense of equal hazards and equal hopes.
This site's exposition
My son, if sinners entice you
on Proverbs 1:10-14
“My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them” opens the first voice the father warns against. The offer has the pattern, invitation, belonging and hidden cost: “share one purse,” the con of every gang, that shared spoil buys shared guilt. The father's strategy is refusal before argument.
This site's exposition
we will fill our houses with plunder
The first lure was blood, and this second one is plunder. Albert Barnes names its pull as the robber's life of equal hazards and equal hopes, one share for all. The precious goods that fill their houses come from the houses of the innocent.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
There is one text in Proverbs so far from being obscure that its relationship to Christ and his possession, the church, can be grasped without any such trouble. Wicked men are speaking: "Let us unjustly hide away in the earth the just man, let us swallow him up alive like hell. Let us abolish his memory from the earth, let us lay hands upon his precious possession." This is very like what the Lord Jesus himself, in one of the Gospel parables, puts into the mouths of the wicked vinedressers: "This is the heir; come let us kill him, and we shall have his inheritance."
The Medieval Church1 voice
"We shall find all precious substance," etc. They spoke of the people whom they saw adhering to Christ. For they thought that if they killed him, they could separate all who had believed from his love and following, and fill their gatherings with such spoils …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
We shall find all precious substance,....
A faithful and lively representation of wisdom's reasonings with the children of men, and the certain ruin of those who turn a deaf ear to those reasonings,
It is cheap, it is common, yet, in their account, it is precious, and therefore they will hazard their lives, and perhaps their souls, in pursuit of it. It is the ruining mistake of thousands that they over-value the wealth of this world and look on it as precious substance. (2.) The abundance of it which they promise themselves: We shall fill our houses with it.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
A solemn warning against temptation. entice--literally, "open the way." consent . . . not--Sin is in consenting or yielding to temptation, not in being tempted.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Abundant rewards of villainy are promised as the fruits of this easy and safe course. The society of the wicked (way or path) is dangerous. Avoid the beginnings of sin (Pr 4:14;
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Cast your lot among us If you wish, you may share; if you wish, it will be common property.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| ה֣וֹן | hon | wealth | H1952 → | 26 times |
| יָקָ֣ר | yakar | prized | H3368 → | 36 times |
| נִמְצָ֑א | nimtza' | we will find | H4672 → | 455 times |
| נְמַלֵּ֖א | nemale' | we will fill | H4390 → | 249 times |
| בָתֵּ֣ינוּ | vateinu | houses our | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| שָׁלָֽל׃ | shalal | plunder | H7998 → | 73 times |
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
ה֣וֹןwealth
honH1952 →26 times
יָקָ֣רprized
yakarH3368 →36 times
נִמְצָ֑אwe will find
nimtza'H4672 →455 times
נְמַלֵּ֖אwe will fill
nemale'H4390 →249 times
בָתֵּ֣ינוּhouses our
vateinuH1004 →2046 times
שָׁלָֽל׃plunder
shalalH7998 →73 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Luke 12:15And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
it leads to
- Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
- 1 Timothy 6:6–10
Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
- Psalms 119:36–37
Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
- Proverbs 15:16
Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.
- Proverbs 16:16
How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
- Hebrews 13:5
Through
Haggai 2:9The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts.”
it leads to
- Psalms 85:8–9
I will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.
- Colossians 1:19–21
For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,
- 2 Corinthians 3:9–10
For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!
- Psalms 85:8–9
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About Proverbs
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, City of God 17.20; Bede, Commentary on Proverbs; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.