Proverbs 1:19

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Summary

Proverbs 1:19

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Every

Taketh

Job 31:39

Ecclesiastes 5:13

General references

Proverbs 1:13

Bible References

Every

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.

And Joab said to the man that told him, And behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten silver pieces and a girdle.

And Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman, this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought; but as Jehovah liveth, I will run after him and take somewhat of him.

But thine eyes and thy heart are only on thine extortion, and on the blood of the innocent, to shed it, and on oppression and on violence, to do it.

Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

that build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with unrighteousness.

Woe to him that getteth iniquitous gain to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of evil!

saying, Give to me also this power, in order that on whomsoever I may lay hands he may receive the Holy Spirit.

not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.

Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you.

And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not.

Taketh

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have tormented to death the souls of its owners:

There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt;

General references

we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: