Proverbs 1:19
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which 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 gifts shall live.
- 2 Peter 2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
- Proverbs 23:3–4 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.