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Commentary for Proverbs 1:19

כֵּ֗ן אָ֭רְחוֹת כָּל־בֹּ֣צֵֽעַ בָּ֑צַע אֶת־נֶ֖פֶשׁ בְּעָלָ֣יו יִקָּֽח׃ (פ)

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

Rashi on Proverbs

So are the ways of everyone who commits robbery Heb. בצע בצע, who commits robbery. It is beautiful and precious to him, and it is free to him. But his end will be that... it will take away the life of its owner His own life, for he has now become the owner of the money that he stole from his neighbor.
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