Proverbs 1:19

Advice To The Young

¹⁸ And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives. ¹⁹ So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof. ²⁰ Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;

Greedy for Gain

Proverbs 15:27

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

2 Samuel 18:11-13

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

2 Kings 5:20-27

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

Job 31:39

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

Proverbs 23:3-4

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

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely , riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

Jeremiah 22:17-19

But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Micah 2:1-3

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.

Micah 3:10-12

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

Habakkuk 2:9

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

Acts 8:19-20

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

1 Timothy 3:3

no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

James 5:1-4

Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.

2 Peter 2:3

And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.

2 Peter 2:14-16

having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing;