As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.


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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 43 21 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.
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 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 23 26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
Leviticus 19 9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
Leviticus 22 11 But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
Leviticus 25 11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.
Leviticus 25 47 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
Deuteronomy 8 12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
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 12 9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.
Deuteronomy 15 4 Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:
Deuteronomy 17 17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
Deuteronomy 22 6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:
Deuteronomy 22 29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
Deuteronomy 24 15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
1 Samuel 2 5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
1 Samuel 2 7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
1 Samuel 12 21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
2 Samuel 12 4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
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.
Ezra 9 12 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
Job 5 3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Job 5 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Job 8 15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
Job 11 12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
Job 15 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
Job 15 29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
Job 15 31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
Job 20 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
Job 20 21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
Job 22 2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
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 24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
Job 32 9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Job 38 39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
Psalms 1 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Psalms 9 18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Psalms 10 9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
Psalms 17 14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Psalms 22 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
Psalms 30 6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
Psalms 34 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
Psalms 39 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
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 44 12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
Psalms 49 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 49 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
Psalms 62 10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.