Proverbs 1:19
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.”
נֶפֶשׁ
Life, soul, living being. Nephesh. The animating breath God places in every living creature. In animals it is the life force. In humanity it is the seat of emotion, will and identity. Every nephesh belongs to God — from the creatures in the sea to the deepest cry of the human heart.
כֵּן
are thus
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כֵּן
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
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בַּעַל
owners/ its
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בַּעַל
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
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כֹּל
every
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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בָּצַע
one who gains unjustly
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בָּצַע
figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop
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לָקַח
it will take
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לָקַח
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
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בֶּצַע
unjust gain
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בֶּצַע
plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)
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