He that is greedy of gain troubles his own house; but he that hates gifts shall live. Treasury of Scripture he that is Proverbs 1:19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which takes away the life of the owners thereof. Proverbs 11:19,29 As righteousness tends to life: so he that pursues evil pursues it to his own death... Proverbs 20:21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. Deuteronomy 7:26 Neither shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you be a cursed thing like it: but you shall utterly detest it... Joshua 6:18 And you, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest you make yourselves accursed, when you take of the accursed thing... Joshua 7:11,12,24,25 Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing... 1 Samuel 8:3-5 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment... 2 Kings 5:27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall stick to you, and to your seed for ever... Isaiah 5:8-10 Woe to them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place... Jeremiah 17:11 As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets riches, and not by right... Habakkuk 2:9-11 Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high... Zechariah 5:3,4 Then said he to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth... but Proverbs 28:16 The prince that wants understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hates covetousness shall prolong his days. Proverbs 29:4 The king by judgment establishes the land: but he that receives gifts overthrows it. Exodus 18:21 Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness... Exodus 23:8 And you shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous. Deuteronomy 16:19 You shall not wrest judgment; you shall not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift does blind the eyes of the wise... Isaiah 33:15,16 He that walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he that despises the gain of oppressions, that shakes his hands from holding of bribes...
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