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Proverbs 1:19

19 Thus are the ways of all who are greedy for gain—

it will take the life of its possessors.

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Proverbs 1:19 — The New International Version (NIV)

19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;

it takes away the life of those who get it.

Proverbs 1:19 — English Standard Version (ESV)

19 Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain;

it takes away the life of its possessors.

Proverbs 1:19 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;

Which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Proverbs 1:19 — New Living Translation (NLT)

19 Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money;

it robs them of life.

Proverbs 1:19 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;

It takes away the life of its owners.

Proverbs 1:19 — New Century Version (NCV)

19 All greedy people end up this way;

greed kills selfish people.

Proverbs 1:19 — American Standard Version (ASV)

19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;

It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Proverbs 1:19 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

19 So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.

Proverbs 1:19 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

19 This is what happens to everyone 

who is greedy for unjust gain. 

Greed takes away his life. 

Proverbs 1:19 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

19 Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly;

it takes the lives of those who receive it.

Proverbs 1:19 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

19 Such is the end of all who are greedy for gain;

it takes away the life of its possessors.

Proverbs 1:19 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

19 That’s what happens to everyone

who goes after money in the wrong way.

That kind of money takes away

the lives of those who get it.

Proverbs 1:19 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

19 So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence;

It takes away the life of its possessors.


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