Proverbs 21:6

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Proverbs 21:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin.

5 The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.

6 Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.

7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.

8 The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

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Proverbs 10:2

Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

Proverbs 13:11

Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.

Proverbs 20:14

“Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.

Proverbs 22:8

He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Proverbs 30:8

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.

Jeremiah 17:11

Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”

1 Timothy 6:9

Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

Titus 1:11

who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.

Proverbs 8:36

But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?