12 Bible Verses about Unjust Gain
Most Relevant Verses
Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly;
it takes the lives of those who receive it.
Whoever increases his wealth through excessive interest
collects it for one who is kind to the poor.
Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.
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.
Woe for the one who builds his palace
through unrighteousness,
his upper rooms through injustice,
who makes his fellow man serve without pay
and will not give him his wages,
“Now look, I clap My hands together against the dishonest profit you have made and against the blood shed among you.
Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who reaped your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
A leader who lacks understanding
is very oppressive,
but one who hates dishonest profit
prolongs his life.
Woe to him who dishonestly makes
wealth for his house
to place his nest on high,
to escape from the reach of disaster!
A good man leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren,
but the sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.
Bible Theasaurus
- Gain (180 instances)
- Unjust (69 instances)
From Thematic Bible
Business life » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
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.
through unrighteousness,
his upper rooms through injustice,
who makes his fellow man serve without pay
and will not give him his wages,
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.
Vices » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
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.
through unrighteousness,
his upper rooms through injustice,
who makes his fellow man serve without pay
and will not give him his wages,
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.
