Proverbs 1:19

This is the destiny of all who are greedy for unjust gain: it costs them their lives. It matters because it states the deadly principle behind the whole warning.

Cross-references · 16

• Prov 15:27He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
• 2 Pet 2:3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
• Jer 22:17–19But 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.
• Hab 2:9Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
• Mic 2:1–3Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
• Prov 23:3–4Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
• Jas 5:1–4Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
• Mic 3:10–12They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
• Acts 8:19–20Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
• Eccl 5:13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
• 1 Tim 3:3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
• 2 Kgs 5:20–27But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
• 1 Tim 6:9–10But 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.
• 2 Pet 2:14–16Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
• Job 31:39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
• 2 Sam 18:11–13And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.

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