"So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof."
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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.
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.
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
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.
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
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!
Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.
So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; who taketh away the life of its owners.
So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.
So `are' the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.