Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
Cross References
Proverbs 15:27He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
Treasury of Scripture
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which takes away the life of the owners thereof.
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Proverbs 15:27
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Proverbs 23:3,4
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat…
2 Samuel 18:11-13
And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle…
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Job 31:39
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.