Proverbs 20:21
"An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed."
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- 1 Timothy 6:9
"But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 13:22
"A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 28:8
"He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 28:20
"A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent."
Read in chapter → - Habakkuk 2:6
"Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!"
Read in chapter → - Job 27:16
"Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 23:4
"Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 28:22
"He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him."
Read in chapter → - Malachi 2:2
"If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart."
Read in chapter → - Zechariah 5:4
"I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof."
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