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it takes away the life of those who get it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/proverbs/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money; it robs them of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/proverbs/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />So <i>are</i> the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; <i>which</i> taketh away the life of the owners thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So <i>are</i> the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Such are the ways of everyone who makes unjust gain; It takes away the life of its possessors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So are the paths of everyone who is greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its possessors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; Greed takes away the lives of its possessors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly; it takes the lives of those who receive it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly; it takes the lives of those who receive it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The wealth you get from crime robs you of your life. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; it taketh away the life of the owners thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />This is what happens to everyone who is greedy for unjust gain. Greed takes away his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Robbery always claims the life of the robber--this is what happens to anyone who lives by violence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Such is the way of all those who seek illicit gain— it takes away the lives of those who possess it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; who taketh away the life of its owners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />So [are] the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, "" It takes the life of its owners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> So are the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />So the ways of every one plundering plunder; he will take the soul of those possessing it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Thus, the ways of all those who are greedy seize the souls of those who possess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />This is the way of everyone greedy for loot: it takes away their lives. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Such is the end of all who are greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Such are the ways of all who practice iniquity, who take away the life of their owners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />So are the ways of all who do evil and take the lives of their Masters.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/1-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=109" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/1.htm">The Enticement of Sin</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives. <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">Such is</a> <a href="/hebrew/734.htm" title="734: ’ā·rə·ḥō·wṯ (N-cpc) -- A way, path. From 'arach; a well-trodden road; also a caravan.">the fate</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">of all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1214.htm" title="1214: bō·ṣê·a‘ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To cut off, break off, gain by violence. A primitive root to break off, i.e. plunder; figuratively, to finish, or stop.">who are greedy,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1215.htm" title="1215: bā·ṣa‘ (N-ms) -- Gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit. From batsa'; plunder; by extension, gain.">whose unjust gain</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: yiq·qāḥ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">takes</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: ne·p̄eš (N-fsc) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">the lives</a> <a href="/hebrew/1167.htm" title="1167: bə·‘ā·lāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Owner, lord. From ba'al; a master; hence, a husband, or owner.">of its possessors.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">1 Timothy 6:9-10</a></span><br />Those 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. / For 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-1.htm">James 4:1-3</a></span><br />What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you? / You 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. / And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/16-26.htm">Matthew 16:26</a></span><br />What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-15.htm">Luke 12:15-21</a></span><br />And 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.” / Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance. / So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/2-15.htm">1 John 2:15-17</a></span><br />Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. / The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/8-36.htm">Mark 8:36-37</a></span><br />What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? / Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/5-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:10-11</a></span><br />He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile. / When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-11.htm">Jeremiah 17:11</a></span><br />Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-9.htm">Habakkuk 2:9-10</a></span><br />Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster! / You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1-3</a></span><br />Woe 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. / They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance. / Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">Isaiah 5:8</a></span><br />Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/62-10.htm">Psalm 62:10</a></span><br />Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-10</a></span><br />Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5-6</a></span><br />Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. / Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-5.htm">Ephesians 5:5</a></span><br />For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which takes away the life of the owners thereof.</p><p class="hdg">every</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/15-27.htm">Proverbs 15:27</a></b></br> He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/23-3.htm">Proverbs 23:3,4</a></b></br> Be not desirous of his dainties: for they <i>are</i> deceitful meat… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/18-11.htm">2 Samuel 18:11-13</a></b></br> And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest <i>him</i>, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten <i>shekels</i> of silver, and a girdle… </p><p class="hdg">taketh</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/31-39.htm">Job 31:39</a></b></br> If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/5-13.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:13</a></b></br> There is a sore evil <i>which</i> I have seen under the sun, <i>namely</i>, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/119-36.htm">Dishonest</a> <a href="/psalms/146-4.htm">End</a> <a href="/psalms/126-4.htm">Fate</a> <a href="/psalms/119-104.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-27.htm">Gainer</a> <a href="/philippians/3-7.htm">Gains</a> <a href="/psalms/147-15.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/psalms/17-12.htm">Greedy</a> <a href="/micah/6-10.htm">Ill-Gotten</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-16.htm">Life</a> <a href="/job/31-39.htm">Owners</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-12.htm">Possessors</a> <a href="/psalms/109-11.htm">Profit</a> <a href="/psalms/139-23.htm">Search</a> <a href="/psalms/137-7.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/psalms/140-11.htm">Violence</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-15.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/11-1.htm">Dishonest</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-4.htm">End</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-18.htm">Fate</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-14.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-27.htm">Gainer</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-13.htm">Gains</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-12.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-27.htm">Greedy</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-2.htm">Ill-Gotten</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-19.htm">Life</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-27.htm">Owners</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-22.htm">Possessors</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-14.htm">Profit</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-4.htm">Search</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-14.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-31.htm">Violence</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-22.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/1-1.htm">The use of the proverbs</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm">An exhortation to fear God, and believe his word</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/1-10.htm">to avoid the enticing of sinners</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/1-20.htm">Wisdom complains of her contempt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/1-24.htm">She threatens her contemners</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/proverbs/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Such is the fate of all who are greedy</b><br>This phrase highlights the inevitable outcome for those who pursue wealth through greed. In biblical context, greed is often condemned as it leads individuals away from righteousness and towards sin (<a href="/1_timothy/6-10.htm">1 Timothy 6:10</a>). The Hebrew culture emphasized community and sharing, contrasting with the self-centered nature of greed. The fate mentioned here is a warning, echoing the wisdom literature's theme that actions have consequences. Greed is portrayed as a destructive force, aligning with Jesus' teachings in <a href="/luke/12-15.htm">Luke 12:15</a>, where He warns against covetousness.<p><b>whose unjust gain</b><br>Unjust gain refers to wealth acquired through dishonest or immoral means. The Bible consistently denounces such practices, as seen in passages like <a href="/micah/2.htm">Micah 2:1-2</a>, where those who covet and seize property are condemned. In ancient Israel, economic justice was a significant concern, with laws designed to protect the vulnerable (<a href="/leviticus/19-13.htm">Leviticus 19:13</a>). This phrase serves as a reminder that God values integrity and justice over material wealth. The pursuit of unjust gain is contrary to the character of God, who is just and righteous.<p><b>takes the lives of its possessors</b><br>This phrase suggests that the consequences of greed and unjust gain are not merely spiritual but can be physical and existential. The idea that such pursuits can lead to one's downfall is a common theme in wisdom literature, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/11-19.htm">Proverbs 11:19</a>, which contrasts righteousness with the pursuit of evil. Historically, the pursuit of wealth at the expense of others often led to social unrest and personal ruin. This warning is prophetic in nature, illustrating the self-destructive path of sin. It also serves as a type of Christ, who, in contrast, offers life through selflessness and sacrifice (<a href="/john/10-10.htm">John 10:10</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>- Traditionally considered the author of Proverbs, Solomon was the son of King David and known for his wisdom. He wrote Proverbs to impart wisdom and understanding.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_greedy.htm">The Greedy</a></b><br>- This refers to individuals who are driven by an insatiable desire for wealth or possessions, often at the expense of justice and righteousness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/u/unjust_gain.htm">Unjust Gain</a></b><br>- This term describes wealth or possessions acquired through dishonest or unethical means, such as theft, fraud, or exploitation.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_possessors.htm">The Possessors</a></b><br>- Those who hold or acquire wealth through unjust means, ultimately leading to their own destruction.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_path_of_wisdom.htm">The Path of Wisdom</a></b><br>- The broader context of <a href="/bsb/proverbs/1.htm">Proverbs 1</a> contrasts the path of wisdom with the path of folly, urging readers to choose wisdom and righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_destructive_nature_of_greed.htm">The Destructive Nature of Greed</a></b><br>Greed for unjust gain ultimately leads to self-destruction. It is a path that promises much but delivers ruin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_illusion_of_security.htm">The Illusion of Security</a></b><br>Wealth gained through unjust means may seem to offer security, but it is fleeting and ultimately harmful.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_righteousness.htm">The Call to Righteousness</a></b><br>Believers are called to pursue righteousness and integrity, trusting God to provide for their needs.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_contentment.htm">The Importance of Contentment</a></b><br>Cultivating contentment in what God has provided guards against the temptation of greed.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Sin, including greed, has real consequences that affect not only the individual but also those around them.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_pelagius.htm">What riddles are found in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_greedy_exploiters_thrive_unpunished.htm">If Job 20:19-20 suggests a direct correlation between greed and swift downfall, why do some wealthy exploiters seem to thrive indefinitely without facing apparent divine retribution?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_proverbs_19_14_limit_free_will.htm">Proverbs 19:14 credits God alone for providing a prudent spouse--does this diminish human choice or contradict free will elsewhere in Scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_basis_for_job_15_20-24's_torment.htm">In Job 15:20-24, where is the historical or archaeological basis for the notion that the wicked perpetually face this kind of torment?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/proverbs/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">So are the ways </span>. . .--The conclusion of the discourse. The same phrase occurs in <a href="/job/8-13.htm" title="So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:">Job 8:13</a>.<p><span class= "bld">Which taketh away </span>. . .--That is, covetousness takes away the life of him who has this vice in his heart, who is, according to the Hebrew idiom, the "owner" of it. (Comp. similar expressions in <a href="/proverbs/22-24.htm" title="Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man you shall not go:">Proverbs 22:24</a>; <a href="/proverbs/23-2.htm" title="And put a knife to your throat, if you be a man given to appetite.">Proverbs 23:2</a>, where an "angry" man and a man "given to appetite" are literally an <span class= "ital">owner </span>of anger and appetite.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 19.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">So am the ways of every one that is greedy of gain.</span> The epiphonema <span class="accented">or</span> moral of the preceding address. <span class="accented">So are</span> <span class="accented">the ways</span>, or such is the lot (as Delitzsch), or such are the paths (as Zockler), <span class="accented">i.e.</span> so deceitful, so ruinous, are the ways. <span class="hebrew">כֵּן</span> (<span class="accented">chen</span>,) is here used as a qualitative adverb. <span class="accented">Ways</span>; <span class="hebrew">אָרְחות</span> (<span class="accented">ar'khoth</span>), the plural of <span class="hebrew">לֺארַח</span> (<span class="accented">orakh</span>), a poet. word, equivalent in the first instance to "way," <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">q.</span> <span class="hebrew">דֶרֶך</span> (<span class="accented">derekh</span>), and metaphorically applied to any one's ways, his manner of life and its result, and hence lot, as in <a href="/job/8-12.htm">Job 8:12</a>, and hence the expression coven the three preceding verses. <span class="accented">That is greedy of gain</span> (<span class="hebrew">בֹצֵעַ בָּצַע</span>, <span class="accented">botsea batsa</span>); literally, <span class="accented">concupiscentis concupiscentium lucri</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> eagerly longing after gain; he who greedily desires riches (<span class="accented">avari</span>, Vulgate). <span class="accented">Gain</span>; <span class="accented">batsa</span> in pause, from <span class="hebrew">בֶּצַע</span>. (<span class="accented">betsa</span>), which takes its meaning from the verb <span class="hebrew">בָּצַע</span> (<span class="accented">batsa</span>), "to out in pieces, to break," and hence means properly that which is cut or broken off and taken by any one for himself, and so <span class="accented">unjust gain</span> - anything whatever fraudulently acquired, as in <a href="/proverbs/28-16.htm">Proverbs 28:16</a>, where it is translated "covetousness" (Authorized Version); cf. <a href="/isaiah/33-15.htm">Isaiah 33:15</a>; <a href="/proverbs/15-27.htm">Proverbs 15:27</a>. The idea of greed and covetousness enters largely into the word. Which <span class="cmt_word">taketh away the life of the owners thereof.</span> The pronoun "which" does not occur in the original. The nominative to "taketh away" (<span class="hebrew">יִקָּת</span>, <span class="accented">yikkath</span>) is "gain;" the "unjust gain." (<span class="accented">betsa</span>) takes away the life of its owners, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> of those who are under its power. <span class="accented">Owners thereof</span> (<span class="hebrew">בְּעָלָיו</span>, <span class="accented">b'alayo</span>) does not necessarily imply that they are in actual possession of the unjust gain, but rather refers to the influence which the lust for gain exercises over them. The expression in this second hemistich does not mean that the rapacious take the life of their comrades who possess the gain, as Rabbi Salomon; nor as the Vulgate, "the ways of the avaricious man take away the lives of those who possess them." For the phrase, "taketh away the life," as importing a violent taking away, cf. <a href="/psalms/31-13.htm">Psalm 31:13</a>; <a href="/1_kings/19-10.htm">1 Kings 19:10</a>. The sentiment of the verse is well expressed in <a href="/1_timothy/6-10.htm">1 Timothy 6:10</a>, "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." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/1-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Such [is]</span><br /><span class="heb">כֵּ֗ן</span> <span class="translit">(kên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> </span><span class="str2">So -- thus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the fate</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֭רְחוֹת</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·rə·ḥō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_734.htm">Strong's 734: </a> </span><span class="str2">A well-trodden road, a caravan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who are greedy,</span><br /><span class="heb">בֹּ֣צֵֽעַ</span> <span class="translit">(bō·ṣê·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1214.htm">Strong's 1214: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut off, break off, gain by violence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whose unjust gain</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּ֑צַע</span> <span class="translit">(bā·ṣa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1215.htm">Strong's 1215: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">takes</span><br /><span class="heb">יִקָּֽח׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiq·qāḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the lives</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶ֖פֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ne·p̄eš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">of its possessors.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעָלָ֣יו</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘ā·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1167.htm">Strong's 1167: </a> </span><span class="str2">A master, a husband, owner</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/1-19.htm">Proverbs 1:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/1-19.htm">Proverbs 1:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/1-19.htm">Proverbs 1:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/1-19.htm">Proverbs 1:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/1-19.htm">Proverbs 1:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/1-19.htm">Proverbs 1:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/1-19.htm">Proverbs 1:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/1-19.htm">Proverbs 1:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/1-19.htm">Proverbs 1:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/1-19.htm">Proverbs 1:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/1-19.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 1:19 So are the ways of everyone who (Prov. 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