Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
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Bible References
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Isaiah 5:8
Woe unto them that add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land!
Job 31:25
If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
Proverbs 18:12
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; and before honour goeth humility.
Proverbs 21:6
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.
Hosea 12:7
He is a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
Nahum 2:9
Plunder the silver, plunder the gold; for there is no end of the splendid store of all precious vessels.
Nahum 3:1
Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and violence; the prey departeth not.
Habakkuk 2:5
And moreover, the wine is treacherous: he is a proud man, and keepeth not at rest, he enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is like death and cannot be satisfied; and he assembleth unto him all nations, and gathereth unto him all peoples.
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1 Kings 20:3
Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, the goodliest, are mine.
Proverbs 1:13
we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
Isaiah 33:3
At the noise of the tumult the peoples fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.