As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.


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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:
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 13 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
1 Samuel 2 7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
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.
1 Kings 10 27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
1 Chronicles 29 12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
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 1 15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.
2 Chronicles 4 21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;
Job 3 15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
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 6 15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
Job 11 3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Job 11 12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
Job 12 16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Job 15 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
Job 15 31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
Job 15 35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
Job 20 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Job 20 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
Job 27 18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
Job 27 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
Job 28 7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
Psalms 5 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
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 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
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 11 2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
Psalms 12 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
Psalms 37 11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
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 41 6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
Psalms 44 12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
Psalms 45 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
Psalms 49 6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
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 50 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Psalms 55 11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
Psalms 62 9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Psalms 62 10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
Psalms 64 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Psalms 64 5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
Psalms 66 12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
Psalms 68 13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
Psalms 69 9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.