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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Genesis 14 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
Genesis 34 29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
Exodus 3 22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
Exodus 11 2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver and jewels of gold.
Exodus 21 34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
Exodus 21 35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.
Exodus 22 3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
Exodus 22 14 And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
Exodus 22 15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
Exodus 31 4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
Numbers 26 56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
Deuteronomy 8 17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
Deuteronomy 8 18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
Deuteronomy 28 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Joshua 22 8 And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.
1 Samuel 24 13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
2 Samuel 22 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
2 Chronicles 1 12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
2 Chronicles 20 25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
Nehemiah 5 7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
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.
Job 4 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Job 5 3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Job 10 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Job 15 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Job 15 35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
Job 20 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
Job 21 16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 27 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
Job 27 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
Job 31 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Job 31 39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
Job 35 8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
Psalms 10 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalms 10 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 12 8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
Psalms 14 3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Psalms 15 5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Psalms 25 19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
Psalms 30 9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Psalms 32 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Psalms 34 21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
Psalms 35 12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
Psalms 37 1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Psalms 37 16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Psalms 37 21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Psalms 38 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
Psalms 39 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalms 40 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
Psalms 44 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.