Proverbs 1:19 Explained in Context

Read It With

• Proverbs 1:8–19

Read Proverbs 1:19 with 1:8–19. Read alone, “So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which…” could turn a compressed observation, warning, comparison, or command into a guarantee or complete policy. The full unit establishes: contributes the claim, image, or instruction “My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother”; by 1:19, it uses two-part parallelism to place “So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain” beside “which taketh away the life of the owners thereof”. Together the unit concentrates on violence, predation, conflict, and protection, family teaching, responsibility, and mutual care, instruction, correction, and formation within “Purpose, parental discourses, and the rival invitations of Wisdom and Folly.”

Why This Verse Appears Here

Proverbs 1:8–19 continues “The collection's purpose and governing fear” by carrying “Do not join the violent ambush” within the same sustained discourse, admonition, numbered form, or poem. Within that relationship, this verse uses two-part parallelism to place “So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain” beside “which taketh away the life of the owners thereof”.