12 Bible Verses about Unjust Gain
Most Relevant Verses
Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.
He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.
He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.
Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.
A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work;
See, then, I have made my hands come together in wrath against your taking of goods by force and against the blood which has been flowing in you.
See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.
The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.
A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!
The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.
Bible Theasaurus
- Gain (180 instances)
- Unjust (69 instances)
From Thematic Bible
Business life » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.
He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work;
He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.
Vices » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.
He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work;
He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.
