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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)
Jeremiah 17:11
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Jeremiah 17:11
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11 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.
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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 28:20
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Proverbs 28:20
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20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
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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 21:6
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Proverbs 21:6
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6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
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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)
Proverbs 15:27
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Proverbs 15:27
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27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
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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)
2 Peter 2:14
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2 Peter 2:14
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14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
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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)
Luke 12:20
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Luke 12:20
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20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
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Zephaniah 1:9
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Zephaniah 1:9
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Zephaniah 1:9
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Zephaniah 1:9
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9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
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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!
Habakkuk 2:6-12
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Habakkuk 2:6-12
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6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
9 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!
10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
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Micah 2:1-2
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Micah 2:1-2
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Human Plans and God’s Plans
Micah 2:1-2
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Micah 2:1-2
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2 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
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Jeremiah 22:17
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Jeremiah 22:17
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Jeremiah 22:17
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Jeremiah 22:17
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17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
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Jeremiah 22:13
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Jeremiah 22:13
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Jeremiah 22:13
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Jeremiah 22:13
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13 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;
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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)
Ecclesiastes 5:13-16
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Ecclesiastes 5:13-16
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13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
15 As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
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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)
Proverbs 28:22
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Proverbs 28:22
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22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
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