Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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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
And my
Isaiah 5:8
Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
Job 31:25
If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
Proverbs 18:12
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
Proverbs 21:6
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Hosea 12:7
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Nahum 2:9
Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
Nahum 3:1
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
Habakkuk 2:5
Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
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1 Kings 20:3
Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even 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 people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.