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Proverbs 1:13

Money and wealth

11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.
KJV
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
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;
DARBY
we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
BLB
all precious wealth we will find, we will fill our houses with plunder;
ÅB
vi vil finne alle slags kostelig gods, fylle våre hus med rov;
OTB
Vi skal finne alle slags kostbare varer,
vi skal fylle våre hus med bytte;
B1930
vi vil finne alle slags kostelig gods, fylle våre hus med rov;

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Job 24:2–3

    Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.

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  • 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.

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  • 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:

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  • 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.

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  • Proverbs 1:19

    So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

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  • 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,

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