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
Such are the ways of every one that graspeth with greed, The life of the owners thereof, it taketh away!
Proverbs 11:19
A righteous son, turneth to life, but, he that pursueth wickedness, to his own death.
Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance hastily gotten at the beginning, the latter end thereof, shall not bring blessing.
Deuteronomy 7:26
and thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and so become devoted to destruction, like it, thou shalt, abhor, it, and thou shalt, loathe it, because a thing devoted to destruction, it is.
Joshua 6:18
But, in any wise, do, ye, beware of what is devoted, lest ye should covet, and then take of what is devoted, - and so cause the camp of Israel to be devoted, and bring trouble upon it.
Joshua 7:11
Israel hath sinned, yea moreover they have transgressed my covenant which I commanded them, - yea moreover they have taken of what was devoted, yea moreover they have stolen, yea moreover they have dissembled, yea moreover they have put it among their own goods.
1 Samuel 8:3
Howbeit his sons walked not in his ways, but stooped to extortion, - and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
2 Kings 5:27
The leprosy of Naaman, therefore, shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed, to times age-abiding. And he went forth from before him - a leper - like snow.
Isaiah 5:8
Alas for them who join house to house, Field to field, bring they near, - Until there is no room, But ye are left to dwell alone in the midst of the land.
Jeremiah 17:11
As a partridge gathereth eggs she did not lay, So is he that maketh riches but not with justice, - In the midst of his days, shall he leave them, And in his latter end, prove to have been base.
Habakkuk 2:9
Alas! for him who extorteth an extortion of wrong for his own house, - that he may set on high his nest, that he may be delivered from the grasp of calamity.
Zechariah 5:3
Then said he unto me, This, is the curse, which is going forth over the face of all the earth, - Because, every one who stealeth, on the one side, hath in one way been let off, and, every one who sweareth, on the other side, hath in another way been let off,