Proverbs 1:18-19
Evangelical Heritage Version
18 Yet they set up an ambush for their own blood.
They hide in ambush to take their own lives.
19 This is where the path leads for everyone
who is greedy for stolen property:
It takes away the life of those who possess it.
Proverbs 15:16
Evangelical Heritage Version
16 Better a little with the fear of the Lord
than great wealth with turmoil.
Proverbs 15:27
Evangelical Heritage Version
27 Someone who is greedy for gain brings trouble to his own household,
but a person who hates bribes will live.
Proverbs 21:26
Evangelical Heritage Version
26 All day long he craves something more,
but a righteous person gives and does not hold back.
Proverbs 22:1
Evangelical Heritage Version
Wise and Foolish Behaviors
22 A good name is worth more than great wealth.
Respect is worth more than silver and gold.
Proverbs 25:16
Evangelical Heritage Version
16 When you find honey, eat only what you need.
Otherwise you will be filled with it and vomit it up.
Proverbs 27:20
Evangelical Heritage Version
20 Death and Destruction[a] are never satisfied,
and a person’s eyes are never satisfied.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:20 Hebrew Sheol and Abaddon
Proverbs 28:6
Evangelical Heritage Version
6 Better a poor person who walks in his integrity
than a rich person who is hypocritical.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:6 Or twisted in his two ways
Proverbs 28:8
Evangelical Heritage Version
8 A person who increases his wealth by piling up interest
gathers it for someone who is generous to the needy.
Proverbs 28:22
Evangelical Heritage Version
22 A tightfisted person is in a hurry to get rich,
but he does not know that poverty is coming his way.
Proverbs 28:25
Evangelical Heritage Version
25 A greedy person stirs up strife,
but a person who trusts in the Lord will prosper.
Proverbs 29:4
Evangelical Heritage Version
4 A king brings stability to a land by justice,
but one who accepts bribes tears it down.
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