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 shekels of silver, and a girdle.

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

But thy eyes and thy heart are only for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

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

They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.

Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient; not a brawler, not covetous;

But they that will be rich, fall into temptation, and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

Come now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

And through covetousness they will with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Taketh

If I have eaten the fruits of it without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life:

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners of them to their hurt.

General references

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