Proverbs 1:13

13 we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;

Proverbs 1:13 in Other Translations

13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

13 we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder;

13 Think of the great things we’ll get! We’ll fill our houses with all the stuff we take.

13 We'll load up on top-quality loot. We'll haul it home by the truckload.

13 We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil;

13 We'll find all kinds of valuable possessions. We'll fill our homes with stolen goods.

13 We'll find all kinds of valuable property and fill our houses with plunder.

13 We'll get all kinds of valuable things. We'll fill our houses with what we steal.

Proverbs 1:13 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 1:13

We shall find all precious substance
Among one or another we meet with; gold and silver and precious stones, everything that is valuable; not considering that hereby they were in danger of losing the more precious substance, their immortal souls; and the most precious substance of all, the enjoyment of God, and happiness with him to all eternity, which is the "more enduring substance": the things of this world, properly speaking, are not substance, though wicked men so judge them; they are things that are not; nor are they "precious", in comparison of spiritual and heavenly things; but they are what carnal men set a high price and value upon, and risk the loss of their name, lives, and souls for;

we shall fill our houses with spoil;
Aben Ezra interprets this of garments; but it may not only design the garments taken from the persons robbed and killed; but also their money, commodities, and goods they were travelling with, which in time would be so large as to fill everyone of their houses; covetousness lies at the bottom of all this wickedness; the love of money is the root of all evil.

Proverbs 1:13 In-Context

11 If they say, “Come along with us; let’s lie in wait for innocent blood, let’s ambush some harmless soul;

12 let’s swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;

13 we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;

14 cast lots with us; we will all share the loot”—

15 my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;