Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Bible References
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Proverbs 1:19
So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
Greed takes away the lives of its possessors.
So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
Greed takes away the lives of its possessors.
Proverbs 11:19
He who is steadfast in righteousness attains life,
But he who pursues evil attains his own death.
He who is steadfast in righteousness attains life,
But he who pursues evil attains his own death.
Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance hastily gained [by greedy, unjust means] at the beginning
Will not be blessed in the end.
An inheritance hastily gained [by greedy, unjust means] at the beginning
Will not be blessed in the end.
Deuteronomy 7:26
You shall not bring an abomination (idol) into your house, and like it come under the ban (doomed to destruction); you shall utterly detest and you shall utterly hate it, for it is something banned.
Joshua 6:18
But as for you, keep yourselves [away] from the things under the ban [which are to be destroyed], so that you do not covet them and take some of the things under the ban [for personal gain], and put the camp of Israel under the ban (doomed to destruction), and bring disaster upon it.
Joshua 7:11
Israel has sinned; they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them [to keep]. They have even taken some of the things under the ban, and they have both stolen and denied [the theft]. Moreover, they have also put the stolen objects among their own things.
1 Samuel 8:3
His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
2 Kings 5:27
Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever.” So Gehazi departed from his presence, a leper as white as snow.
Isaiah 5:8
Woe (judgment is coming) to those who join house to house and join field to field [to increase their holdings by depriving others],
Until there is no more room [for others],
So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!
Woe (judgment is coming) to those who join house to house and join field to field [to increase their holdings by depriving others],
Until there is no more room [for others],
So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!
Jeremiah 17:11
“Like the partridge that hatches eggs which she has not laid,
So is he who makes a fortune in ways that are unjust.
It will be lost to him before his days are over,
And in the end he will be [nothing but] a fool.”
“Like the partridge that hatches eggs which she has not laid,
So is he who makes a fortune in ways that are unjust.
It will be lost to him before his days are over,
And in the end he will be [nothing but] a fool.”
Habakkuk 2:9
“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who obtains wicked gain for his house [and thinks by so doing]
To set his nest on high,
That he may be rescued from the hand of evil.
“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who obtains wicked gain for his house [and thinks by so doing]
To set his nest on high,
That he may be rescued from the hand of evil.
Zechariah 5:3
Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of the whole land; for everyone who steals will be cut off according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears [oaths falsely] shall be cut off according to the writing on the other side.