Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 1:19
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Berean Standard Bible
Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
King James Version
So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
World English Bible
So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.
American Standard Version
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 1
17 How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
18 But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
19 Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
20 Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
21 in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:
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