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Proverbs 1:19 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 1 · verse 19
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.Proverbs 1:19 · King James Version
Proverbs 1:19 in context
17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- greedybâtsaʻfiguratively, to finish, or stopH1214 →
- waysʼôracha well-trodden roadH734 →
- gainbetsaʻplunderH1215 →
- awaylâqachto takeH3947 →
- lifenepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
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Here Solomon gives another general rule to young people, in order to their finding out, and keeping in, the paths of wisdom, and that is to take heed of the snare of bad company. David's psalms begin with this caution, and so do Solomon's proverbs;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-19