There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.


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Proverbs 15 6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
1 Timothy 6 9 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.
1 Timothy 6 10 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.
Proverbs 15 27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Proverbs 28 8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Proverbs 28 22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Psalms 73 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
Ecclesiastes 5 14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
Proverbs 22 16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Psalms 10 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalms 62 10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
Ecclesiastes 7 7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Proverbs 10 2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 13 7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
Ecclesiastes 5 16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
Psalms 73 3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Proverbs 14 24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
Proverbs 21 20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
Micah 6 12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Proverbs 28 11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Proverbs 1 19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Matthew 12 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Zechariah 11 5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
Proverbs 29 7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Proverbs 13 22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Proverbs 14 20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
Jeremiah 12 13 They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Proverbs 21 7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
Proverbs 23 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
1 Corinthians 10 24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
Proverbs 11 4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 22 7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Esther 3 9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.
Proverbs 13 11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Ecclesiastes 2 21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
James 2 6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
Proverbs 21 6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Isaiah 42 22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
Isaiah 17 14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
James 5 1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Proverbs 27 24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
Luke 6 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Psalms 44 12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
Proverbs 13 8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs 10 22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
Ecclesiastes 6 2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Ecclesiastes 6 1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
Proverbs 10 20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
Proverbs 23 4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Ezekiel 7 21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.