19 Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly;(A)
it takes the lives of those who receive it.[a]

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  1. 1:19 Lit takes the life of its masters

19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
    it takes away the life of those who get it.(A)

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19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

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11 He who makes a fortune unjustly
is like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay.
In the middle of his life
his riches will abandon him,
so in the end he will be a fool.(A)

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11 Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay
    are those who gain riches by unjust means.
When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them,
    and in the end they will prove to be fools.(A)

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11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

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