Proverbs 1:19
Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the life of those who get it.
In context
16 for their feet rush into evil, they are swift to shed blood.
17 How useless to spread a net where every bird can see it! 18 These men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush only themselves! 19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the life of those who get it.
20 Out in the open wisdom calls aloud, she raises her voice in the public square; 21 on top of the wall she cries out, at the city gate she makes her speech: 22 “How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 1:19 in the KJV
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; Which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 1:19 in the ESV
Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.