Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Bible References
He that is
Proverbs 1:19 So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence;
It takes away the life of its possessors.
It takes away the life of its possessors.
Proverbs 11:19 He who is steadfast in righteousness will attain to life,
Andhe who pursues evil will bring about his own death.
And
Proverbs 20:21 An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning
Will not be blessed in the end.
Will not be blessed in the end.
Deuteronomy 7:26
You shall not bring an abomination into your house, and like it come under the ban; you shall utterly detest it and you shall utterly abhor it, for it is something banned.
Joshua 6:18
But as for you, only keep yourselves from the things under the ban, so that you do not covet them and take some of the things under the ban, and make the camp of Israel accursed and bring trouble on it.
Joshua 7:11
Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. And they have even taken some of the things under the ban and have both stolen and deceived. Moreover, they have also put them among their own things.
1 Samuel 8:3
His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain and took bribes and perverted justice.
2 Kings 5:27
Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever.” So he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
Isaiah 5:8 Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field,
Until there is no more room,
So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!
Until there is no more room,
So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!
Jeremiah 17:11 “As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid,
So is he whomakes a fortune, but unjustly;
In the midst of his days it will forsake him,
And inthe end he will be a fool.”
So is he who
In the midst of his days it will forsake him,
And in
Habakkuk 2:9 “Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house
Toput his nest on high,
To be delivered from the hand of calamity!
To
To be delivered from the hand of calamity!
Zechariah 5:3
Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going forth over the face of the whole land; surely everyone who steals will be purged away according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears will be purged away according to the writing on the other side.