Proverbs 10:2

Proverbs Of Solomon

¹ The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother. ² Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger. ³ The Lord satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

Ill-Gotten Gain

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Sin

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.

Proverbs 21:6

Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.

Psalm 49:6-10

They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

Proverbs 12:28

In the path of righteousness there is life, but another path leads to death.

Isaiah 10:2-3

to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.

Ezekiel 7:19

They will discard their silver in the streets, and their gold will be treated like filth. Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them on the day of the Lord's fury. They will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs because their wealth was the obstacle leading to their iniquity.

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps your prosperity will be prolonged."

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath. Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth."

Luke 12:15-21

Then he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

Luke 16:22-23

"Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.

Romans 2:5

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment is revealed!

Romans 5:21

so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Philippians 3:9

and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ's faithfulness -- a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ's faithfulness.

James 5:1-3

Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.