Jeremiah 17:11

Good News Translation

The person who gets money dishonestly is like a bird that hatches eggs it didn't lay. In the prime of life he will lose his riches, and in the end he is nothing but a fool.

Cross References

Job 20:21

When they eat, there is nothing left over, but now their prosperity comes to an end.

Psalm 49:13

See what happens to those who trust in themselves, the fate of those who are satisfied with their wealth—

Psalm 55:23

But you, O God, will bring those murderers and liars to their graves before half their life is over. As for me, I will trust in you.

Proverbs 13:11

The more easily you get your wealth, the sooner you will lose it. The harder it is to earn, the more you will have.

Proverbs 15:27

Try to make a profit dishonestly, and you get your family in trouble. Don't take bribes and you will live longer.

Proverbs 21:6

The riches you get by dishonesty soon disappear, but not before they lead you into the jaws of death.

Proverbs 23:5

Your money can be gone in a flash, as if it had grown wings and flown away like an eagle.

Proverbs 28:16

A ruler without good sense will be a cruel tyrant. One who hates dishonesty will rule a long time.

Proverbs 28:20

Honest people will lead a full, happy life. But if you are in a hurry to get rich, you are going to be punished.

Proverbs 28:22

Selfish people are in such a hurry to get rich that they do not know when poverty is about to strike.

Proverbs 28:8

If you get rich by charging interest and taking advantage of people, your wealth will go to someone who is kind to the poor.

Jeremiah 22:13

Doomed is the one who builds his house by injustice and enlarges it by dishonesty; who makes his people work for nothing and does not pay their wages.

Jeremiah 22:17

But you can only see your selfish interests; you kill the innocent and violently oppress your people. The Lord has spoken.

Jeremiah 6:13

Everyone, great and small, tries to make money dishonestly; even prophets and priests cheat the people.

Jeremiah 8:10

So I will give their fields to new owners and their wives to other men. Everyone, great and small, tries to make money dishonestly. Even prophets and priests cheat the people.

Amos 3:10

The Lord says, “These people fill their mansions with things taken by crime and violence. They don't even know how to be honest.

Micah 2:9

You drive the women of my people out of the homes they love, and you have robbed their children of my blessings forever.

Micah 7:3

They are all experts at doing evil. Officials and judges ask for bribes. The influential people tell them what they want, and so they scheme together.

Zephaniah 1:9

I will punish all who worship like pagans and who steal and kill in order to fill their master's house with loot.

Zechariah 5:4

The Lord Almighty says that he will send this curse out, and it will enter the house of every thief and the house of everyone who tells lies under oath. It will remain in their houses and leave them in ruins.”

Malachi 3:5

The Lord Almighty says, “I will appear among you to judge, and I will testify at once against those who practice magic, against adulterers, against those who give false testimony, those who cheat employees out of their wages, and those who take advantage of widows, orphans, and foreigners—against all who do not respect me.

Matthew 23:13

“How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You lock the door to the Kingdom of heaven in people's faces, but you yourselves don't go in, nor do you allow in those who are trying to enter!

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night you will have to give up your life; then who will get all these things you have kept for yourself?’”

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and are caught in the trap of many foolish and harmful desires, which pull them down to ruin and destruction.

Titus 1:11

It is necessary to stop their talk, because they are upsetting whole families by teaching what they should not, and all for the shameful purpose of making money.

2 Peter 2:14

They want to look for nothing but the chance to commit adultery; their appetite for sin is never satisfied. They lead weak people into a trap. Their hearts are trained to be greedy. They are under God's curse!

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed these false teachers will make a profit out of telling you made-up stories. For a long time now their Judge has been ready, and their Destroyer has been wide awake!