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


In Context

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

17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

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

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

20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:19So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.

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 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.