Proverbs 1:13
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
Proverbs 1:13 in other translations
| BSB | We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder. |
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| WEB | We’ll find all valuable wealth. We’ll fill our houses with plunder. |
| ASV | We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil; |
| YLT | Every precious substance we find, We fill our houses with spoil, |
| DARBY | we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: |
| BBE | Goods of great price will be ours, our houses will be full of wealth; |
| Webster | We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: |
What does Proverbs 1:13 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 1:10-19
10-19. A solemn warning against temptation. entice--literally, "open the way." consent ... not--Sin is in consenting or yielding to temptation, not in being tempted.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 1:10-19
Wicked people are zealous in seducing others into the paths of the destroyer: sinners love company in sin. But they have so much the more to answer for. How cautious young people should be! "Consent thou not." Do not say as they say, nor do as they do, or would have thee to do; have no fellowship with them. Who could think that it should be a pleasure to one man to destroy another! See their idea of worldly wealth…
Proverbs 1:13 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 1:13
- 1 Timothy 6:9-10
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
- Luke 12:15
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
- Job 24:2-3
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
- Nahum 2:12
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
- Isaiah 10:13-14
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
- Haggai 2:9
The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.
- Proverbs 1:19
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
- Revelation 18:9-16
And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, …
- Jeremiah 22:16-17
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord. But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
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Context
- Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
- Proverbs 1:13
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
- Proverbs 1:14
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
Proverbs 1:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Hallaremos riquezas de todas suertes, henchiremos nuestras casas de despojos; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | nous trouverons toute sorte de biens précieux, nous remplirons nos maisons de butin; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | wir werden allerlei kostbares Gut erlangen, werden unsere Häuser mit Beute füllen; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | omnem pretiosam substantiam reperiemus; implebimus domos nostras spoliis: |