Proverbs 15:27
"He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live."
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- Exodus 23:8
"And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 1:19
"So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 17:11
"As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool."
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 16:19
"Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 33:15
"He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 11:29
"He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart."
Read in chapter → - Exodus 18:21
"Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:"
Read in chapter → - Joshua 7:24
"And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor."
Read in chapter → - Zechariah 5:3
"Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it."
Read in chapter → - Habakkuk 2:9
"Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!"
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