Proverbs 1:18-20

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁸ But [when these men set a trap for others] they are lying in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.

¹⁹ So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain; such [greed for plunder] takes away the lives of its possessors.^(A)

^20 [a]Wisdom cries aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the markets;