The Meaning of Proverbs 1:13 Explained

Proverbs 1:13

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

YLT: Every precious substance we find, We fill our houses with spoil,

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 1:13 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 1:1-19 - "the Beginning Of Knowledge"
Notice the perfect balance of each clause, and the duplication of the one thought in the two clauses of each verse.
Wisdom as used in this book is more than intellectual learning or cleverness. It represents a moral quality, the result of a pure and a true life. We are conscious that many simple-minded people, who have little enough book-learning, are remarkable for sagacious advice, insight into character, the wise reading of events, an intuitive knowledge-all based on the fear of God. The headlines of Scotch copy-books used to be taken from this book. Certain it is that the young who ponder and practice these maxims can hardly fail of a successful career. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 1

1  The use of the proverbs
7  An exhortation to fear God, and believe his word
10  to avoid the enticing of sinners
20  Wisdom complains of her contempt
24  She threatens her contemners

What do the individual words in Proverbs 1:13 mean?

all [kinds] of possessions precious we shall find we shall fill our houses with spoil
כָּל־ ה֣וֹן יָקָ֣ר נִמְצָ֑א נְמַלֵּ֖א בָתֵּ֣ינוּ שָׁלָֽל

ה֣וֹן  [kinds]  of  possessions 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: הֹון  
Sense: wealth, riches, substance.
יָקָ֣ר  precious 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: יְקִפָּאֹון 
Sense: valuable, prized, weighty, precious, rare, splendid.
נִמְצָ֑א  we  shall  find 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common plural
Root: מָצָא  
Sense: to find, attain to.
נְמַלֵּ֖א  we  shall  fill 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, first person common plural
Root: מָלֵא 
Sense: to fill, be full.
בָתֵּ֣ינוּ  our  houses 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common plural
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
שָׁלָֽל  with  spoil 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׁלָל  
Sense: prey, plunder, spoil, booty.