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


In Context

16 For their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed blood.

17 Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.

18 And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.

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

20 Wisdom in an out-place crieth aloud, In broad places she giveth forth her voice,

21 At the head of the multitudes she calleth, In the openings of the gates, In the city her sayings she saith:

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 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 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.