Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Sitteth, etc
A fool
Bible References
Sitteth, etc
Matthew 23:14
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1 Timothy 6:9
But they who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Titus 1:11
whose mouths must be stopped, since they overturn whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of base gain.
James 5:3
your gold and silver is rusted, and the rust of them will be a witness against you, and will eat your flesh as fire; ye have heaped up treasure in the last days!
2 Peter 2:3
and in covetousness will they with feigned words make merchandise of you; for whom the judgment long ago ordained lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.
A fool
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, Fool! this night will thy soul he required of thee; and whose will those things be which thou hast laid up?