Proverbs 21:6

Making a fortune through a lying tongue
is a vanishing mist, a pursuit of death.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle,
but whoever earns it through labor will multiply it.

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance gained prematurely
will not be blessed ultimately.

Proverbs 8:36

but the one who misses me harms himself;
all who hate me love death.”

Proverbs 10:2

Ill-gotten gains do not profit anyone,
but righteousness rescues from death.

2 Peter 2:3

They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.

Proverbs 20:14

“It’s worthless, it’s worthless!” the buyer says,
but after he is on his way, he gloats.

Proverbs 22:8

The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Proverbs 30:8

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.
Give me neither poverty nor wealth;
feed me with the food I need.

Jeremiah 17:11

He who makes a fortune unjustly
is like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay.
In the middle of his days
his riches will abandon him,
so in the end he will be a fool.

Ezekiel 18:31

Throw off all the transgressions you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, house of Israel?

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.

Titus 1:11

It is necessary to silence them; they overthrow whole households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Bible References

Getting

Proverbs 10:2
Ill-gotten gains do not profit anyone,
but righteousness rescues from death.
Proverbs 13:11
Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle,
but whoever earns it through labor will multiply it.
Proverbs 20:14
“It’s worthless, it’s worthless!” the buyer says,
but after he is on his way, he gloats.
Proverbs 22:8
The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
Proverbs 30:8
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.
Give me neither poverty nor wealth;
feed me with the food I need.
Jeremiah 17:11
He who makes a fortune unjustly
is like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay.
In the middle of his days
his riches will abandon him,
so in the end he will be a fool.
1 Timothy 6:9
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
Titus 1:11
It is necessary to silence them; they overthrow whole households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.
2 Peter 2:3
They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.

Seek

Proverbs 8:36
but the one who misses me harms himself;
all who hate me love death.”
Ezekiel 18:31
Throw off all the transgressions you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, house of Israel?

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