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Proverbs 1:18-19 (Listen)

18 but these men ulie in wait for their own blood;

they uset an ambush for their own lives.

19 vSuch are the ways of everyone who is wgreedy for unjust gain;

xit takes away the life of its possessors.

Proverbs 15:16 (Listen)

16 bBetter is a little with the fear of the Lord

than great treasure and trouble with it.

Proverbs 15:27 (Listen)

27 Whoever is vgreedy for unjust gain wtroubles his own household,

but he who hates xbribes will live.

Proverbs 21:26 (Listen)

26 All day long he craves and craves,

but the righteous hgives and does not hold back.

Proverbs 22:1 (Listen)

22 pA good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,

and favor is better than silver or gold.

Proverbs 25:16 (Listen)

16 If you have ffound honey, eat gonly enough for you,

lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.

Proverbs 27:20 (Listen)

20 tSheol and Abaddon are unever satisfied,

and vnever satisfied are the eyes of man.

Proverbs 28:6 (Listen)

kBetter is a poor man who lwalks in his integrity

than a rich man who is lcrooked in his ways.

Proverbs 28:8 (Listen)

Whoever multiplies his wealth nby interest and profit1

ogathers it for him who is pgenerous to the poor.

Footnotes

[1] 28:8 That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor

Proverbs 28:22 (Listen)

22 A mstingy man1 nhastens after wealth

and does not know that opoverty will come upon him.

Footnotes

[1] 28:22 Hebrew A man whose eye is evil

Proverbs 28:25 (Listen)

25 A greedy man sstirs up strife,

but the one who trusts in the Lord will tbe enriched.

Proverbs 29:4 (Listen)

By justice a king hbuilds up the land,

but he who exacts gifts1 tears it down.

Footnotes

[1] 29:4 Or who taxes heavily