Proverbs 1:19

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Such are the ways of everyone who gains unjust profit; it takes away the life of its owners.

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  • Prov 15:27 : 27 Whoever is greedy for gain troubles his household, but the one who hates bribes will live.
  • Prov 23:3-4 : 3 Do not crave his delicacies, for they are deceptive food. 4 Do not wear yourself out trying to become rich; stop relying on your own understanding.
  • Eccl 5:13 : 13 Or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children, there is nothing left for them to inherit.
  • Jer 22:17-19 : 17 But your eyes and heart are set only on your dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and violence. 18 Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will not mourn for him, saying, 'Alas, my brother!' or 'Alas, my sister!' They will not mourn for him, saying, 'Alas, my lord!' or 'Alas, his majesty!' 19 He will have the burial of a donkey—dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
  • Mic 2:1-3 : 1 Woe to those who devise wickedness and plan evil on their beds! At dawn, they carry it out because they have the power to do it. 2 They covet fields and seize them; they take houses and rob them. They oppress a man and his house, a person and their inheritance. 3 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: 'I am planning disaster against this family, from which you cannot free your necks, nor will you walk proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.'
  • Mic 3:10-12 : 10 You build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity. 11 Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for silver. Yet they lean on the LORD, saying, 'Is not the LORD among us? No disaster will come upon us.' 12 Therefore because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the temple will become a high place overgrown with thickets.
  • Hab 2:9 : 9 Woe to the one who gains unjust wealth for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of calamity!
  • Acts 8:19-20 : 19 He said, 'Give me this authority too, so that everyone I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.' 20 But Peter said to him, 'May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!'
  • 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and not a lover of money.
  • 2 Sam 18:11-13 : 11 Joab said to the man who reported it, 'You saw him? Why didn’t you strike him down right there? I would have rewarded you with ten pieces of silver and a belt.' 12 But the man replied to Joab, 'Even if I were to receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I would not dare to harm the king’s son. For we all heard the king command you, Abishai, and Ittai to protect the young man Absalom for his sake.' 13 'If I had acted treacherously against my own life, nothing is hidden from the king, and you yourself would have kept your distance from me.'
  • 2 Kgs 5:20-27 : 20 Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said to himself, 'Look, my master has let this Aramean, Naaman, go without accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and take something from him.' 21 So Gehazi pursued Naaman. When Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from his chariot to meet him and asked, 'Is everything all right?' 22 Gehazi replied, 'Everything is all right. My master has sent me to say, “Two young men from the company of the prophets in the hill country of Ephraim have just come to me. Please give them a talent of silver and two sets of clothes.”' 23 Naaman said, 'Please take two talents.' He urged Gehazi, tied up two talents of silver in two bags, along with two sets of clothes, and gave them to his two servants, who carried them ahead of Gehazi. 24 When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the gifts from the servants and stored them inside the house. Then he sent the men away, and they left. 25 When Gehazi went inside and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, 'Where have you been, Gehazi?' He answered, 'Your servant didn’t go anywhere.' 26 But Elisha said to him, 'Was my spirit not with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to take money or accept clothes, olive groves, vineyards, sheep, cattle, male servants, and female servants?' 27 Naaman’s leprosy will cling to you and to your descendants forever.' Then Gehazi went out from Elisha's presence, leprous, as white as snow.
  • Job 31:39 : 39 if I have eaten its produce without payment and caused the death of its owners,
  • Jas 5:1-4 : 1 Come now, you rich people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and your clothes have become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will serve as a testimony against you and will consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 4 Look, the wages that you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 In their greed, they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
  • 2 Pet 2:14-16 : 14 They have eyes full of adultery, never ceasing from sin. They entice unstable souls and have hearts trained in greed. They are accursed children. 15 They have abandoned the straight way and gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness. 16 But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey—a beast without speech—that spoke with a man's voice and restrained the prophet's madness.
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

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  • Prov 1:16-18
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    16 For their feet run to evil; they hasten to shed blood.

    17 Surely in vain is the net spread in sight of any bird,

    18 But these men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.

  • 27 Whoever is greedy for gain troubles his household, but the one who hates bribes will live.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    13 Or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children, there is nothing left for them to inherit.

    14 As everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb, so they depart naked as they came. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.

  • 9 Woe to the one who gains unjust wealth for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of calamity!

  • Prov 21:5-7
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    5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

    6 The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a trap of death.

    7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to act justly.

  • Eccl 5:10-11
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    10 As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them?

    11 The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether they eat little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits them no sleep.

  • 19 True righteousness leads to life, but whoever chases after evil brings about his own death.

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    25 The desire of the lazy person kills them, for their hands refuse to work.

    26 All day long they crave and crave, but the righteous give and do not hold back.

  • 1 Tim 6:9-10
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    9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

    10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

  • 8 Whoever increases his wealth by charging interest and unfair gain gathers it for one who is kind to the poor.

  • 2 They covet fields and seize them; they take houses and rob them. They oppress a man and his house, a person and their inheritance.

  • 22 A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.

  • 11 Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

  • 15 Then He said to them, "Watch out, and be on guard against every form of greed, because one’s life is not defined by the abundance of possessions."

  • 12 In you, they accept bribes to shed blood; they take interest and increase unlawfully. You have gained profit in extorting your neighbors, and you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • 16 One who oppresses the poor to increase their wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich will both come to poverty.

  • 2 Treasures gained through wickedness bring no benefit, but righteousness rescues from death.

  • Prov 1:11-13
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    11 If they say, 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause;'

    12 Like Sheol, we will swallow them alive, whole, like those who go down to the pit;

    13 We will find all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.

  • 4 Riches do not profit on the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • 21 So it is with one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.

  • 11 May a creditor seize all he owns, and may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

  • 13 He lends at interest and takes a profit. Will such a person live? He will not! Because he has committed all these abominations, he will surely be put to death, and his blood will be on his own head.

  • 5 The hungry devour his harvest, even taking it from among thorns; the thirsty swallow his wealth.

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    15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

    16 The wages of the righteous lead to life, but the income of the wicked leads to sin.

  • 39 if I have eaten its produce without payment and caused the death of its owners,

  • 14 'It’s no good, it’s no good!' says the buyer; then he goes away and boasts about the deal.

  • 6 Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.

  • 13 For from the least to the greatest, all are greedy for unjust gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.

  • 17 But your eyes and heart are set only on your dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and violence.

  • 11 Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay, so is one who gains wealth by unjust means. In the middle of his life, it will desert him, and in the end, he will prove to be a fool.

  • 16 A ruler lacking understanding is abundant in extortions, but one who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.

  • 28 In the path of righteousness is life, and its pathway leads to immortality.

  • 11 Yet the dogs are greedy; they never have enough. They are shepherds who lack understanding; all of them turn to their own way, each seeking his own gain from every quarter.

  • 27 Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Because of this, they have become great and rich.

  • 3 Their hands are skilled at doing evil: the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, and the powerful speak out their selfish desires. Together they weave a web of corrupt schemes.

  • 2 People remove landmarks; they seize flocks and pasture them.

  • 20 A faithful man will abound in blessings, but one in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.

  • 23 In all hard work there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

  • 12 Her rich men are full of violence; her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.