12 Bible Verses about Unjust Gain

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

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

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.