19So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.


In Context

16 for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

17 For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.

18 And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.

19 So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.

20 Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;

21 she calleth in the chief place of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words:

Proverbs 1:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:19So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:19Such is the end of all who go after ill- gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:19So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; it taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; who taketh away the life of its owners.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:19So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:19So are the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which takes away the life of the owners thereof.