Proverbs 1:19 So [
are] the ways of
every one that is greedy of gain; [
which]
taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Job 24:2-
3 [
Some] remove the
landmarks; they
violently take away flocks, and
feed [thereof]. ... They
drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Isaiah 10:13-
14 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [
it], and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and
I have removed the bounds of the people, and have
robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like
a valiant [man]: ...
And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs [
that are] left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or
peeped.
Jeremiah 22:16-
17 He
judged the cause of the poor and needy; then [
it was] well [
with him: was] not this to know me? saith the LORD. ... But
thine eyes and thine heart [
are] not but for thy
covetousness, and for
to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for
violence, to do [
it].
Nahum 2:12 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses,
and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
Haggai 2:9 The
glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former,
saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I
give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
Luke 12:15 And he said unto them,
Take heed, and beware of covetousness:
for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
1 Timothy 6:9-
10 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. ... For
the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some
coveted after, they have
erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Revelation 18:9-
16 And
the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her,
shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see
the smoke of her burning, ... And saying,
Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!