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Jeremiah 17:11
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Jeremiah 17:11
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11 Like the (A)partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch,
so is (B)he who gets riches but not by justice;
(C)in the midst of his days they will leave him,
(D)and at his end he will be a fool.
Jeremiah 17:11
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Jeremiah 17:11
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11 Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay
are those who gain riches by unjust means.
When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them,
and in the end they will prove to be fools.(A)
Proverbs 28:20
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Proverbs 28:20
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20 A faithful man will abound with blessings,
but whoever hastens to be rich (A)will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 28:20
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Proverbs 28:20
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20 A faithful person will be richly blessed,
but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.(A)
Proverbs 21:6
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Proverbs 21:6
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6 (A)The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
is a (B)fleeting (C)vapor and a (D)snare of death.[a]
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- Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Latin; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death
Proverbs 21:6
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Proverbs 21:6
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- Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death
Proverbs 15:27
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Proverbs 15:27
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27 Whoever is (A)greedy for unjust gain (B)troubles his own household,
but he who hates (C)bribes will live.
Proverbs 15:27
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Proverbs 15:27
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27 The greedy bring ruin to their households,
but the one who hates bribes will live.(A)
2 Peter 2:14
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2 Peter 2:14
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14 They have eyes full of adultery,[a] (A)insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts (B)trained in greed. (C)Accursed children!
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- 2 Peter 2:14 Or eyes full of an adulteress
2 Peter 2:14
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2 Peter 2:14
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14 With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce(A) the unstable;(B) they are experts in greed(C)—an accursed brood!(D)
Luke 12:20
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Luke 12:20
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20 But God said to him, (A)‘Fool! (B)This night (C)your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, (D)whose will they be?’
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Luke 12:20
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Luke 12:20
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20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool!(A) This very night your life will be demanded from you.(B) Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’(C)
Zephaniah 1:9
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Zephaniah 1:9
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9 On that day I will punish
everyone (A)who leaps over the threshold,
and those who fill their master's[a] house
with violence and fraud.
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- Zephaniah 1:9 Or their Lord's
Zephaniah 1:9
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Zephaniah 1:9
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Habakkuk 2:6-12
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Habakkuk 2:6-12
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Woe to the Chaldeans
6 Shall not all these (A)take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,
(B)“Woe to him (C)who heaps up what is not his own—
for (D)how long?—
and (E)loads himself with pledges!”
7 (F)Will not your debtors suddenly arise,
and those awake who will make you tremble?
Then you will be spoil for them.
8 (G)Because you have plundered many nations,
all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
(H)for the blood of man and (I)violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
9 (J)“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
(K)to (L)set his nest on high,
to be safe from the reach of harm!
10 You have devised shame for your house
(M)by cutting off many peoples;
you have forfeited your life.
11 For (N)the stone will cry out from the wall,
and the beam from the woodwork respond.
Habakkuk 2:6-12
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Habakkuk 2:6-12
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6 “Will not all of them taunt(A) him with ridicule and scorn, saying,
“‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods
and makes himself wealthy by extortion!(B)
How long must this go on?’
7 Will not your creditors suddenly arise?
Will they not wake up and make you tremble?
Then you will become their prey.(C)
8 Because you have plundered many nations,
the peoples who are left will plunder you.(D)
For you have shed human blood;(E)
you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.(F)
9 “Woe to him who builds(G) his house by unjust gain,(H)
setting his nest(I) on high
to escape the clutches of ruin!
10 You have plotted the ruin(J) of many peoples,
shaming(K) your own house and forfeiting your life.
11 The stones(L) of the wall will cry out,
and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.
12 “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed(M)
and establishes a town by injustice!
Micah 2:1-2
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Micah 2:1-2
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Woe to the Oppressors
2 (A)Woe to those who devise wickedness
and work evil (B)on their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
because it is in the power of their hand.
2 They covet fields and (C)seize them,
and houses, and take them away;
they oppress a man and his house,
a man and his inheritance.
Micah 2:1-2
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Micah 2:1-2
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Human Plans and God’s Plans
Jeremiah 22:17
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Jeremiah 22:17
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17 But you have eyes and heart
only for your dishonest gain,
(A)for shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.”
Jeremiah 22:17
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Jeremiah 22:17
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Jeremiah 22:13
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Jeremiah 22:13
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13 (A)“Woe to him who builds his house by (B)unrighteousness,
and his upper rooms by injustice,
(C)who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing
and does not give him his wages,
Jeremiah 22:13
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Jeremiah 22:13
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Ecclesiastes 5:13-16
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Ecclesiastes 5:13-16
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13 (A)There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt, 14 and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand. 15 (B)As he came from his mother's womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand. 16 This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what (C)gain is there to him who (D)toils for the wind?
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Ecclesiastes 5:13-16
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Ecclesiastes 5:13-16
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13 I have seen a grievous evil under the sun:(A)
wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners,
14 or wealth lost through some misfortune,
so that when they have children
there is nothing left for them to inherit.
15 Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb,
and as everyone comes, so they depart.(B)
They take nothing from their toil(C)
that they can carry in their hands.(D)
16 This too is a grievous evil:
As everyone comes, so they depart,
and what do they gain,
since they toil for the wind?(E)
Proverbs 28:22
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Proverbs 28:22
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- Proverbs 28:22 Hebrew A man whose eye is evil
Proverbs 28:22
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Proverbs 28:22
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22 The stingy are eager to get rich
and are unaware that poverty awaits them.(A)
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