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
He who is greedy of gain troubles his own house. But he who hates gifts will live.
Proverbs 23:3
Do not crave his delicacies for it is deceptive food.
2 Samuel 18:11
What! You saw what? Joab said. Why did you not strike him to the ground? Then I would have felt obligated to give you four ounces of silver and a belt.
2 Kings 5:20
when Elisha's servant Gehazi said to himself: My master has let Naaman get away without paying a thing! He should have accepted what that Syrian offered him. By the living God Jehovah I will run after him and get something from him.
Jeremiah 22:17
Your eyes and your heart are intent only upon your own dishonest gain. You are shedding innocent blood and on practicing oppression and extortion.
Micah 2:1
Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning comes they do it because they are able to (it is in the power of their hands).
Micah 3:10
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with immorality.
Habakkuk 2:9
He who receives a dishonest profit for his house will have trouble. He may set his nest on high in order to be delivered from the hand of evil!
Acts 8:19
Simon said: Give me this power that on whomever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.
1 Timothy 3:3
not addicted to wine, not quarrelsome; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
1 Timothy 6:9
Those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts. These draw men into ruin and destruction.
James 5:1
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
2 Peter 2:3
They speak evil words about you because of their extreme greed. They will exploit you with false evil words. Their judgment from long ago is not idle. Their destruction will not delay.
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Job 31:39
If I have eaten its yield without payment, and caused the death of its owners;
Ecclesiastes 5:13
I have seen a grievous evil under the sun. I have seen riches being hoarded by their owner to his downfall (distress).
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Proverbs 1:13
We will find precious material possessions and we fill our houses with plunder.