Proverbs 1:19
So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
Greed takes away the lives of its possessors.
Proverbs 15:27
He who profits unlawfully brings suffering to his own house,
But he who hates bribes [and does not receive nor pay them] will live.
2 Samuel 18:11-13
Joab said to the man who informed him, “You saw him! Why then did you not strike him there to the ground?
2 Kings 5:20-27
when Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “My master has spared this Naaman the Aramean (Syrian), by not accepting from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
Job 31:39
If I have eaten its fruits without paying for them,
Or have caused its [rightful] owners to lose their lives,
Proverbs 23:3-4
Do not desire his delicacies,
For it is deceptive food [offered to you with questionable motives].
Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being kept and hoarded by their owner to his own misery.
Jeremiah 22:17-19
“But your eyes and your heart
Are only intent on your own dishonest gain,
On shedding innocent blood,
On oppression and extortion and violence.”
Micah 2:1-3
And plot evil on their beds!
When morning comes, they practice evil
Because it is in the power of their hands.
Micah 3:10-12
Who build Zion with blood [and extortion and murder]
And Jerusalem with violent injustice.
Habakkuk 2:9
“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who obtains wicked gain for his house [and thinks by so doing]
To set his nest on high,
That he may be rescued from the hand of evil.
Acts 8:19-20
saying, “Give me this authority and power too, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
1 Timothy 3:3
not addicted to wine, not
1 Timothy 6:9-10
But those who [are not financially ethical and] crave to get rich [with a compulsive, greedy longing for wealth] fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction [leading to personal misery].
James 5:1-4
Come [quickly] now, you rich [who lack true faith and hoard and misuse your resources], weep and howl over the miseries [the woes, the judgments] that are coming upon you.
2 Peter 2:3
And in their greed they will exploit you with false arguments and twisted doctrine. Their sentence [of condemnation which God has decreed] from a time long ago is not idle [but is still in force], and their destruction and deepening misery is not asleep [but is on its way].
2 Peter 2:14-16
They have eyes full of adultery, constantly looking for sin, enticing and luring away unstable souls. Having hearts trained in greed, [they are] children of a curse.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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He who profits unlawfully brings suffering to his own house,
But he who hates bribes [and does not receive nor pay them] will live.
Do not desire his delicacies,
For it is deceptive food [offered to you with questionable motives].
“But your eyes and your heart
Are only intent on your own dishonest gain,
On shedding innocent blood,
On oppression and extortion and violence.”
And plot evil on their beds!
When morning comes, they practice evil
Because it is in the power of their hands.
Who build Zion with blood [and extortion and murder]
And Jerusalem with violent injustice.
“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who obtains wicked gain for his house [and thinks by so doing]
To set his nest on high,
That he may be rescued from the hand of evil.
Taketh
If I have eaten its fruits without paying for them,
Or have caused its [rightful] owners to lose their lives,
General references
We will find and take all kinds of precious possessions,
We will fill our houses with spoil;