Proverbs 1:19
World English Bible (WEB)
So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.
In context
17 For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird;
18 but these lay in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.
20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.
21 She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:
Proverbs 1:19 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.
- KJV King James Version
- So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
- ASV American Standard Version
- So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- So [are] the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.
- DBY Darby Translation
- So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.
- WBS Webster Bible
- So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; who taketh away the life of its owners.