Proverbs 1:18-19
Revised Standard Version
18 but these men lie in wait for their own blood,
they set an ambush for their own lives.
19 Such are the ways of all who get gain by violence;
it takes away the life of its possessors.
Proverbs 15:16
Revised Standard Version
16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure and trouble with it.
Proverbs 15:27
Revised Standard Version
27 He who is greedy for unjust gain makes trouble for his household,
but he who hates bribes will live.
Proverbs 21:26
Revised Standard Version
26 All day long the wicked covets,[a]
but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:26 Gk: Heb all day long he covets covetously
Proverbs 22:1
Revised Standard Version
22 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
and favor is better than silver or gold.
Proverbs 25:16
Revised Standard Version
16 If you have found honey, eat only enough for you,
lest you be sated with it and vomit it.
Proverbs 27:20
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20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
and never satisfied are the eyes of man.
Proverbs 28:6
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6 Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity
than a rich man who is perverse in his ways.
Proverbs 28:8
Revised Standard Version
8 He who augments his wealth by interest and increase
gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.
Proverbs 28:22
Revised Standard Version
22 A miserly man hastens after wealth,
and does not know that want will come upon him.
Proverbs 28:25
Revised Standard Version
25 A greedy man stirs up strife,
but he who trusts in the Lord will be enriched.
Proverbs 29:4
Revised Standard Version
4 By justice a king gives stability to the land,
but one who exacts gifts ruins it.
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