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Proverbs 1:19

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

KJV

Sic semitæ omnis avari : animas possidentium rapiunt.

Vulgate

αὗται αἱ ὁδοί εἰσιν πάντων τῶν συντελούντων τὰ ἄνομα· τῇ γὰρ ἀσεβείᾳ τὴν ἑαυτῶν ψυχὴν ἀφαιροῦνται.

LXX

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

ASV

כֵּ֗ן אָ֭רְחוֹת כָּל בֹּ֣צֵֽעַ בָּ֑צַע אֶת נֶ֖פֶשׁ בְּעָלָ֣י/ו יִקָּֽח

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אֹ֣רַח
'rch
noun · 60×
בָּ֑צַע
bts'
noun · 23×
ו
v
noun · 83×
י
y
noun · 752×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
נִי
ny
verb · 16×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 3:3 — Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
  • 1Tim 6:10 — For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  • 2Kgs 5:20 — But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after
  • 2Pet 2:3 — And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
  • Acts 8:19 — Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
  • Eccl 5:13 — There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
  • Eccl 5:13 — There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
  • Hab 2:9 — Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
  • Jas 4:2 — Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
  • Jas 5:1 — Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
  • Jer 22:17 — But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
  • Mic 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.
  • Mic 3:10 — They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
  • Prov 15:27 — He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
  • Prov 15:27 — He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
  • Prov 23:3 — Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.