Proverbs 1:19
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
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- Proverbs 15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; But he that hateth bribes shall live.
- 2 Peter 2:3 And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.
- Proverbs 23:3–4 Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food. Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.