Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
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Bible References
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Proverbs 15:27 The one who profits dishonestly troubles his household,
but the one who hates bribes will live.
but the one who hates bribes will live.
Proverbs 23:3 don’t desire his choice food,
for that food is deceptive.
for that food is deceptive.
2 Samuel 18:11
“You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why didn’t you strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you 10 silver pieces and a belt!”
2 Kings 5:20
Gehazi, the attendant of Elisha the man of God, thought: My master has let this Aramean Naaman off lightly by not accepting from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.
Jeremiah 22:17 But you have eyes and a heart for nothing
except your own dishonest profit,
shedding innocent blood
and committing extortion and oppression.
except your own dishonest profit,
shedding innocent blood
and committing extortion and oppression.
Micah 2:1 Woe to those who dream up wickedness
and prepare evil plans on their beds!
At morning light they accomplish it
because the power is in their hands.
and prepare evil plans
At morning light
because the power is in their hands.
Micah 3:10 who build Zion with bloodshed
and Jerusalem with injustice.
and Jerusalem with injustice.
Habakkuk 2:9 Woe to him who dishonestly makes
wealth for his house
to place his nest on high,
to escape from the reach of disaster!
wealth for his house
to place his nest on high,
to escape from the reach of disaster!
Acts 8:19
saying, “Give me this power too, so that anyone I lay hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”
1 Timothy 3:3
not addicted to wine, not a bully but gentle, not quarrelsome, not greedy—
1 Timothy 6:9
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
James 5:1
Come now, you rich people! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.
2 Peter 2:3
They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.
Taketh
Job 31:39 if I have consumed its produce without payment
or shown contempt for its tenants,
or shown contempt for its tenants,
Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a sickening tragedy I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
General references
Proverbs 1:13 We’ll find all kinds of valuable property
and fill our houses with plunder.
and fill our houses with plunder.