Proverbs 1:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Proverbs 1:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Not robbery only, but all forms of covetousness are destructive of true life.
Proverbs 1:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away (p) the life of the owners thereof. (p) By which he concludes that the covetous man is a murderer.
Proverbs 1:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 1-9. First Section. The Praise of Wisdom. Proverbs 1:1 . Title, either of the whole book, or of this particular collection. The word for proverb, mâ shâ l, has a wide significance...
Proverbs 1:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

life . soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. owners. Hebrew. ba'al, as in Proverbs 1:17 . The "owners" of. soul are like the "owners" of wings, and are caught in their own trap with their eyes open...
Proverbs 1:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. Which taketh away the life - A covetous man is in effect, and in the sight of God, a murdere...
Proverbs 1:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The life of the owners thereof— The Hebrew is not well translated here; בעל bangal, which often occurs in this book, signifies not only being lord or owner of a thing, but also under the domi...
Proverbs 1:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. So (are) the ways of every one that is greedy of gain - literally, 'of every one greedy...
Proverbs 1:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The chapter falls into three principal divisions. 1-6 . Title and Introduction explaining the object of the whole book, which is to instruct the inexperienced and add to the educated man's knowledg...
Proverbs 1:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

So are the ways ... — The conclusion of the discourse. The same phrase occurs in Job 8:13 . Which taketh away ... — That is, covetousness takes away the life of him who has this vice in his heart...
Proverbs 1:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 2 THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge."- Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: And the knowledge of the Holy One is und...
Proverbs 1:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Beginning of Knowledge” Proverbs 1:1-19 Notice the perfect balance of each clause, and the duplication of the one thought in the two clauses of each verse. Wisdom as used in this book...
Proverbs 1:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The Book of Proverbs is one of the wisdom books of the Hebrew people. Emotionally and fundamentally, wisdom is the fear of God; intellectually, a knowledge of the manifestations of the divine wisdom;...
Proverbs 1:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. My son, if sinners entice thee, con...
Proverbs 1:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So [are] the ways of everyone that is greedy of gain ,.... That is set upon getting riches in an unlawful way, by robberies and murder; his ways will end in the loss of his own blood and life, and i...
Proverbs 1:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof. Ver. 19. Which taketh away the life. ] The greater wealth, the greater spoil awaits a man...
Proverbs 1:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And they lay wait , &c. Assure thyself, such men are working their own ruin, and, as it were, lying in wait for themselves, when they lie in wait to take away the lives of others; for, in the en...
Proverbs 1:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Parental Admonitions. 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay w...
Proverbs 1:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

So, as is expressed both in the foregoing and following words, are the ways; the actions and courses, which are so in the tendency and event of them. That is greedy of pain; that seeks gain by...
Proverbs 1:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Prologue To The Book ( Proverbs 1:8 to Proverbs 9:18 ). It was common throughout the 3rd to the 1st millenniums BC for collections of wisdom saying to have a prologue preparing for the ‘sayings'...
Proverbs 1:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 1:10 . Entice thee , “lay thee open.” Miller here reads “if sinners would make a door of thy simplicity, afford thou no entrance.” Proverbs 1:17 . Some interpret thi...
Proverbs 1:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 1:1 . Proverbs, apothegms, parables, sentences, similitudes. The proverbs of a nation are the compressions of wisdom into short maxims, which like the coins of a country worn bare by use,...
Proverbs 1:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

My son, if sinners entice thee. Reasons for resisting the enticements of sinners By sinners is meant all persons who are not true Christians. Three reasons why we should not consent when sinner...
Proverbs 1:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 1:1-20 Part I. THE TITLE AND SUPERSCRIPTION . The superscription of the Proverbs, which extends from verse 1 to verse 6, furnishes us with an epitome in short...
Proverbs 1:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Fundamental Trait of Wisdom is the Avoidance Of Wickedness
Proverbs 1:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 3:3 ; 1 Timothy 6:10 ; 1 Timothy 6:9 ; 2 Kings 5:20-27 ; 2 Peter 2:14-16 ; 2 Peter 2:3 ; 2 Samuel 18:11-13 ; Acts 8:19 ; Acts 8:20 ; Ecclesiastes 5:13 ; Habakkuk 2:9 ; James 5:1...
Proverbs 1:19 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Proverbs of Solomon Proverbs 1:1-19 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Solomon's great choice. It was in Gibeon that the Lord appeared unto Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, "Ask what I shall...
Proverbs 1:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Greedy — That seeks gain by wicked practices.

Proverbs 1:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 1:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 1:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 1:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 1:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 1:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 1:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 1:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 1:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 1:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 1:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 1:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 1:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 1:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 1:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 1:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 1:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 1:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 1:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 1:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 1:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 1:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 1:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 1:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 1:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 1:19 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Proverbs 1:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes