Proverbs 21:6
He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
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Proverbs 21:6
He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
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Genesis 31:1
Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's property, and in this way he has got all this wealth.
Job 31:25
If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;
Psalms 49:16
Have no fear when wealth comes to a man, and the glory of his house is increased;
Psalms 49:17
For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.
Psalms 49:18
Though he might have pride in his soul in his life-time, and men will give you praise if you do well for yourself,
Psalms 49:19
He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again.
Psalms 49:20
Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
Psalms 62:9
Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.
Psalms 62:10
Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.
Proverbs 4:7
The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.
Proverbs 16:16
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.
Proverbs 23:5
Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.
Ecclesiastes 2:4
I undertook great works, building myself houses and planting vine-gardens.
Isaiah 59:4
No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?
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Deuteronomy 8:17
Say not then, in your hearts, My power and the strength of my hands have got me this wealth.
Proverbs 17:19
The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.
Proverbs 18:12
Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.
Isaiah 5:8
Cursed are those who are joining house to house, and putting field to field, till there is no more living-space for any but themselves in all the land!
Isaiah 5:18
Cursed are those who make use of ox-cords for pulling the evil thing, and the bands of a young ox for their sin!
Isaiah 10:14
And I have put my hands on the wealth of the peoples, as on the place where a bird has put her eggs; and as a man may take the eggs from which a bird has gone, so I have taken all the earth for myself: and not a wing was moved, and not a mouth gave out a sound.
Hosea 12:8
And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.
Nahum 2:9
Take silver, take gold; for there is no end to the store; take for yourselves a weight of things to be desired.
Nahum 2:10
Everything has been taken from her, all is gone, she has nothing more: the heart is turned to water, the knees are shaking, all are twisted in pain, and colour has gone from all faces.
Nahum 2:11
Where is the lions' hole, the place where the young lions got their food, where the lion and the she-lion were walking with their young, without cause for fear?
Nahum 2:12
Food enough for his young and for his she-lions was pulled down by the lion; his hole was full of flesh and his resting-place stored with meat.
Nahum 2:13
See, I am against you, says the Lord of armies, and I will have your war-carriages burned in the smoke, and your young lions will be food for the sword: you will no longer get your food by force on the earth, and the voice of your she-lions will be stopped for ever.
Nahum 3:1
A curse is on the town of blood; it is full of deceit and violent acts; and there is no end to the taking of life.
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2 Samuel 16:3
And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said, He is still at Jerusalem: for he said, Today Israel will give back to me the kingdom of my father.
2 Samuel 19:27
He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you.
Psalms 15:3
Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour;
Psalms 63:11
But the king will have joy in God; everyone who takes an oath by him will have cause for pride; but the false mouth will be stopped.
Proverbs 6:16
Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:
Proverbs 6:17
Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;
Proverbs 21:4
A high look and a heart of pride, ***of the evil-doer is sin.
Proverbs 21:28
A false witness will be cut off, ...
Proverbs 21:30
Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.
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1 Chronicles 9:13
And their brothers, heads of their families, a thousand and seven hundred and sixty: able men, doing the work of the house of God.
Isaiah 28:1
Ho! crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim, and the dead flower of his glory which is on the head of those who are overcome by strong drink!
Isaiah 32:13
And for the land of my people, where thorns will come up; even for all the houses of joy in the glad town.
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Job 31:5
If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit;
Psalms 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.
Psalms 12:2
Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.
Psalms 41:6
If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he keeps a store of evil, which he makes public in every place.
Psalms 144:8
In whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.
Psalms 144:11
Make me free, and take me out of the hands of strange men, in whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.
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Psalms 18:5
The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.
Proverbs 13:14
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.
Proverbs 14:27
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.
Proverbs 16:6
By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.
Ezekiel 18:31
Put away all your evil-doing in which you have done sin; and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: why are you desiring death, O children of Israel?
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Psalms 68:3
But let the upright be glad; let them have delight before God; let them be full of joy.
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Proverbs 11:27
He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.
Amos 5:14
Go after good and not evil, so that life may be yours: and so the Lord, the God of armies, will be with you, as you say.
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Proverbs 20:11
Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.
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Psalms 119:29
Take from me every false way; and in mercy give me your law.
Psalms 119:37
Let my eyes be turned away from what is false; give me life in your ways.
Ecclesiastes 2:5
I made myself gardens and fruit gardens, planting in them fruit-trees of all sorts.
Ecclesiastes 2:6
I made pools to give water for the woods with their young trees.
Ecclesiastes 2:7
I got men-servants and women-servants, and they gave birth to sons and daughters in my house. I had great wealth of herds and flocks, more than all who were in Jerusalem before me.
Ecclesiastes 2:8
I got together silver and gold and the wealth of kings and of countries. I got makers of song, male and female; and the delights of the sons of men--girls of all sorts to be my brides.
Ecclesiastes 2:9
And I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.
Isaiah 57:13
Your false gods will not keep you safe in answer to your cry; but the wind will take them, they will be gone like a breath: but he who puts his hope in me will take the land, and will have my holy mountain as his heritage.
Mark 8:36
What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life?
Mark 8:37
And what would a man give in exchange for his life?
John 2:8
Then he said to them, Now take some, and give it to the master of the feast. So they took it to him.
Acts 14:15
Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them:
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Song of Solomon 5:14
His hands are as rings of gold ornamented with beryl-stones; his body is as a smooth plate of ivory covered with sapphires.
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Isaiah 42:2
He will make no cry, his voice will not be loud: his words will not come to men's ears in the streets.
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Joshua 7:1
But the children of Israel did wrong about the cursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the family of Judah, took of the cursed thing, moving the Lord to wrath against the children of Israel.
2 Kings 5:23
And Naaman said, Be good enough to take two talents. And forcing him to take them, he put two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and gave them to his two servants to take before him.
2 Kings 5:24
When he came to the hill, he took them from their hands, and put them away in the house; and he sent the men away, and they went.
Proverbs 1:19
Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.
Proverbs 20:21
A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.
Jeremiah 5:26
For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.
Amos 3:10
For they have no knowledge of how to do what is right, says the Lord, who are storing up violent acts and destruction in their great houses.
Zephaniah 1:9
And in that day I will send punishment on all those who come jumping over the doorstep and make their master's house full of violent behaviour and deceit.
Zechariah 5:3
Then he said to me, This is the curse which goes out over the face of all the land: for long enough has every thief gone without punishment, and long enough has every taker of false oaths gone without punishment.
Zechariah 5:4
And I will send it out, says the Lord of armies, and it will go into the house of the thief and into the house of him who takes a false oath by my name: and it will be in his house, causing its complete destruction, with its woodwork and its stones.
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.
Titus 1:11
By whom some families have been completely overturned; who take money for teaching things which are not right; these will have to be stopped.
James 5:1
Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.
James 5:2
Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing.
James 5:3
Your gold and your silver are wasted and their waste will be a witness against you, burning into your flesh. You have put by your store in the last days.
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2 Peter 2:3
And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.
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