Proverbs 1:13-16

We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder. Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse” — my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path. For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Proverbs 1

14 songs meet this passage

  • “Stick you for your cream and your riches”

    No Time · Lil' Kim

    strains against Proverbs 1:13-16

    Scheming to take others' wealth through deception or threat is explicitly warned against here as a path to destruction, not pride.

  • “No question I would speed, for cracks and weed”

    C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me) [Radio Edit] · Wu-Tang Clan

    strains against Proverbs 1:10-14

    Proverbs warns against the lure of easy gain through violence; the song shows the wreckage of following exactly that path.

  • Regulate (feat. Nate Dogg) · Warren G

    strains against Proverbs 1:10-16

    The whole narrative of banding together for theft and retaliation mirrors the warning against joining those who shed blood for gain.

  • Dance With The Devil · Immoral Technique

    resonates with Proverbs 1:10-19

    This passage warns a son against joining violent men who promise belonging through bloodshed, exactly the trap the song's character falls into.

  • “Slangin' that cocaine fool, and I'm working late tonight”

    1st of Tha Month · Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

    strains against Proverbs 1:10-19

    Proverbs warns against the enticement of easy gain through violence and theft; here, drug dealing is framed as simply 'the hustle' rather than a trap.

  • Ghetto Cowboy · Mo Thugs

    strains against Proverbs 1:10-19

    The whole narrative mirrors the warning against being lured into gangs that promise easy spoil through violence, which Proverbs says ultimately costs the perpetrators their own lives.

  • “I'm buryin' you bastards”

    Player's Anthem · Junior M.A.F.I.A.

    strains against Proverbs 1:15-16

    Scripture warns against walking in the path of those eager to shed blood; this song instead boasts in that very path.

  • “Rather do the killin' than the stick up juxs”

    Get Money · Junior M.A.F.I.A.

    strains against Proverbs 1:15-16

    The glorification of violence as a lifestyle stands opposed to the wisdom literature's warning against feet that run to shed blood.

  • “Just shot at a black man and took his shoes”

    Syrup · Slump Ak

    strains against Proverbs 1:16

    The song opens with casual violence for robbery, exactly the swift-footed harm Proverbs warns against pursuing.

  • “Gonna blast, squeeze first, ask questions last”

    Hypnotize · The Notorious B.I.G.

    strains against Proverbs 1:16

    The casual embrace of violence as a tool of power runs directly against the proverb's warning about feet that rush to shed blood.

  • “Blast right through your motherf**king roof”

    Turn It Up (Remix) / Fire It Up · Busta Rhymes

    strains against Proverbs 1:16

    Violent imagery played for excitement stands against the warning that feet quick to shed blood lead only to ruin.

  • “From the dope spot, with the smoke glock, fleein' the murder scene”

    Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) · JAŸ-Z

    strains against Proverbs 1:16

    Proverbs warns that feet which rush to shed blood lead to ruin; the verse is recounted here almost as a badge of survival rather than something to grieve.

  • “Pistols all in the kitchen, can't give the zip code up”

    FE!N (feat. Playboi Carti) · Travis Scott

    strains against Proverbs 1:16-19

    The casual mention of weapons and violence as part of a lifestyle contrasts with the warning that such paths ultimately take the life of those who walk them.

  • “My rap rhymes is like land mines, one step, kaboom”

    Can't You See (feat. The Notorious B.I.G.) [2016 Remaster] · Total

    strains against Proverbs 1:16-19

    Boasting of violence as clever wordplay glamorizes the very path Proverbs warns leads to ruin.

Elsewhere in Proverbs 1