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.
Getting
Bible References
Getting
Proverbs 10:2 Ill-gotten gains do not profit anyone,
but righteousness rescues from death.
but righteousness rescues from death.
Proverbs 13:11 Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle,
but whoever earns it through labor will multiply it.
but whoever earns it through labor
Proverbs 20:14 “It’s worthless, it’s worthless!” the buyer says,
but after he is on his way, he gloats.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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?