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Proverbs 15:27
He who profits illicitly troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes will live.
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1 Timothy 3 7
And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into disgrace and the snare of the devil.
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Matthew 13:22
And the one sown with seed among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word, and the anxiety of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
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1 John 2 15-1 John 2 17
Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.The world is passing away and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God continues to live forever.
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Proverbs 28:20-22
A faithful person will abound with blessings, But one who hurries to be rich will not go unpunished.To show partiality is not good, Because for a piece of bread a man will do wrong.A person with an evil eye hurries after wealth And does not know that poverty will come upon him.
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Jude 1:11
Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have given themselves up to the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
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Ephesians 4:22
that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to rid yourselves of the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,
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Acts 8:20
But Peter said to him,“ May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire the gift of God with money!
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Mark 4:19
but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desires for other things enter and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
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2 Timothy 2 26
and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.
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Matthew 19:22
But when the young man heard this statement, he went away grieving; for he was one who owned much property.
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Acts 5:4-5
While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God.”And as he heard these words, Ananias collapsed and died; and great fear came over all who heard about it.
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Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance gained in a hurry at the beginning Will not be blessed in the end.
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Proverbs 22:16
One who oppresses the poor to make more for himself, Or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
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2 Peter 2 15-2 Peter 2 16
abandoning the right way, they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the reward of unrighteousness;but he received a rebuke for his own offense, for a mute donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the insanity of the prophet.
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Proverbs 21:6
The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapor, the pursuit of death.
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Matthew 26:15
and said,“ What are you willing to give me to betray Him to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.
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Proverbs 23:4
Do not weary yourself to gain wealth; Stop dwelling on it.
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Genesis 13:10-13
Lot raised his eyes and saw all the vicinity of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere— this was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah— like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt going toward Zoar.So Lot chose for himself all the vicinity of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. So they separated from each other.Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the vicinity of the Jordan, and moved his tents as far as Sodom.Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked sinners against the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 7:25
The carved images of their gods you are to burn with fire; you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, or you will be trapped by it; for it is an abomination to the Lord your God.
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Numbers 22:17-19
for I will indeed honor you richly, and I will do whatever you tell me. Please come then, curse this people for me.’ ”But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak,“ Even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything, either small or great, contrary to the command of the Lord my God.Now please, you also stay here tonight, and I will find out what else the Lord will say to me.”
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Luke 21:35
for it will come upon all those who live on the face of all the earth.
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Hosea 12:7-8
A merchant, in whose hands are fraudulent balances, Loves to exploit.And Ephraim said,“ I have certainly become rich, I have found wealth for myself; In all my labors they will find in me No wrongdoing, which would be sin.”
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Matthew 27:3-5
Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,saying,“ I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” But they said,“ What is that to us? You shall see to it yourself!”And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and left; and he went away and hanged himself.
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2 Kings 5 20-2 Kings 5 27
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought,“ Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Aramean, by not accepting from his hand what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and take something from him.”So Gehazi pursued Naaman. When Naaman saw someone running after him, he came down from the chariot to meet him and said,“ Is everything well?”And he said,“ Everything is well. My master has sent me, saying,‘ Behold, just now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothes.’ ”Naaman said,“ Be sure to take two talents.” And he urged him, and tied up two talents of silver in two bags with two changes of clothes, and gave them to two of his servants; and they carried them before him.When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand and deposited them in the house, and he sent the men away, and they departed.But he went in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him,“ Where have you been, Gehazi?” And he said,“ Your servant went nowhere.”Then he said to him,“ Did my heart not go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to accept money and to accept clothes, olive groves, vineyards, sheep, oxen, and male and female slaves?Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever.” So he went out from his presence afflicted with leprosy, as white as snow.
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Joshua 7:24-26
Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, his daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all that belonged to him; and they brought them up to the Valley of Achor.And Joshua said,“ Why have you brought disaster on us? The Lord will bring disaster on you this day.” And all Israel stoned them with stones; and they burned them with fire after they had stoned them with stones.Then they erected over him a large heap of stones that stands to this day, and the Lord turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Achor to this day.
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Joshua 7:11
Israel has sinned, and they have also violated My covenant which I commanded them. And they have even taken some of the things designated for destruction, and have both stolen and kept it a secret. Furthermore, they have also put them among their own things.
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1 Timothy 1 9
realizing the fact that law is not made for a righteous person but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and worldly, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,
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Proverbs 1:17-19
Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net In the sight of any bird;But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.Such are the ways of everyone who makes unjust gain; It takes away the life of its possessors.
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2 Peter 2 3
and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
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James 5:1-4
Come now, you rich people, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth eaten.Your gold and your silver have corroded, and their corrosion will serve as a testimony against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of armies.
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Numbers 31:8
They killed the kings of Midian along with the rest of those killed: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
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Psalms 11:6
He will rain coals of fire upon the wicked, And brimstone and burning wind will be the portion of their cup.
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Amos 8:4-6
Hear this, you who trample the needy, to put an end to the humble of the land,saying,“ When will the new moon be over, So that we may sell grain; And the Sabbath, so that we may open the wheat market, To make the ephah smaller and the shekel bigger, And to cheat with dishonest scales,So as to buy the helpless for money, And the needy for a pair of sandals, And that we may sell the refuse of the wheat?”
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Isaiah 5:8
Woe to those who attach house to house and join field to field, Until there is no more room, And you alone are a landowner in the midst of the land!
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Zechariah 11:5
Those who buy them slaughter them and go unpunished, and each of those who sell them says,‘ Blessed be the Lord, for I have become rich!’ And their own shepherds have no compassion for them.