New International Version (NIV)
19Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
it takes away the life of those who get it.
Wisdom’s Rebuke
Proverbs 1:19
Proverbs 1:19 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
19Such are the ways of everyone who makes unjust gain;
It takes away the life of its possessors.
Wisdom Warns
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
19So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence;
It takes away the life of its possessors.
Wisdom Warns
Amplified Bible (AMP)
19So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
Greed takes away the lives of its possessors. [Prov 15:27; 1 Tim 6:10]
Wisdom Warns
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
19Such is the fate of all who are greedy,
whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
Wisdom Calls Aloud
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
19That’s what happens to everyone
who goes after money in the wrong way.
That kind of money takes away
the life of those who get it.
Wisdom’s Warning