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Proverbs 1:19

Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֵּ֗ןKen[are] thusH3651 →
אָ֭רְחוֹת'A.re.chot[the] paths ofH734 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
בֹּ֣צֵֽעַBo.tze.a'[one who] gains unjustlyH1214 →
בָּ֑צַעBa.tza'unjust gainH1215 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
נֶ֖פֶשׁNe.fesh[the] life ofH5315 →
בְּעָלָ֣יוbe.'a.Lavowners itsH1167 →
יִקָּֽח׃ פyi.Kachit will takeH3947 →

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1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.Proverbs 15:27He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.2 Peter 2:3In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.James 4:2You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.Proverbs 23:3–4Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.James 5:1–4Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.Micah 2:1–3Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.Jeremiah 22:17–19“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!2 Kings 5:20–27Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, while not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”Micah 3:10–12who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.Acts 8:19–20“Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”1 Timothy 3:3not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,2 Samuel 18:11–13“You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!”Job 31:39if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,1 Timothy 6:9–10Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.2 Peter 2:14–16Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

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