Jeremiah 17:11

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Sometimes a bird will hatch an egg that it did not lay. Those who cheat to get money are like that bird. But when their lives are half finished, they will lose the money. At the end of their lives, it will be clear that they were fools.”

Cross References

Proverbs 28:20

People who can be trusted will have many blessings, but those who are just trying to get rich in a hurry will be punished.

Proverbs 21:6

Wealth that comes from telling lies disappears quickly and leads to death.

Jeremiah 22:17

“Jehoiakim, your eyes look only for what benefits yourself. You are always thinking about getting more for yourself. You are willing to kill innocent people. You are willing to steal things from other people.”

Jeremiah 22:13

“It will be very bad for King Jehoiakim. He is doing wrong so that he can build his palace. He is cheating people so that he can build rooms upstairs. He is not paying his own people. He is making them work for nothing.

Proverbs 28:8

If you get rich by charging high interest rates, your wealth will go to someone who is kind to the poor.

Proverbs 15:27

Whoever takes money to do wrong invites disaster. Refuse such gifts, and you will live.

2 Peter 2:14

Every time they look at a woman, they want her. They are always sinning this way. And they lead weaker people into the trap of sin. They have taught themselves well to be greedy. They are under a curse.

Titus 1:11

These people must be stopped, because they are destroying whole families by teaching what they should not teach. They teach only to cheat people and make money.

Zephaniah 1:9

At that time I will punish all the people who jump over the threshold and those who fill their master’s house with lies and violence.”

Proverbs 28:22

Selfish people only want to get rich. They do not realize that they are very close to being poor.

Proverbs 13:11

Money gained by cheating others will soon be gone. Money earned through hard work will grow and grow.

Psalm 55:23

But, God, you will send those liars and murderers to the grave. They will die before their life is half finished! As for me, I will put my trust in you.

Luke 12:20

“But God said to that man, ‘Foolish man! Tonight you will die. So what about the things you prepared for yourself? Who will get those things now?’

2 Peter 2:3

These false teachers only want your money. So they will use you by telling you things that are not true. But the judgment against these false teachers has been ready for a long time. And they will not escape God who will destroy them.

1 Timothy 6:9

People who want to be rich bring temptations to themselves. They are caught in a trap. They begin to want many foolish things that will hurt them. These things ruin and destroy people.

Matthew 23:13

“It will be bad for you teachers of the law and you Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You close the way for people to enter God’s kingdom. You yourselves don’t enter, and you stop those who are trying to enter.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will bring you to justice. I will be an expert witness and testify about the evil things people do. I will speak out against those who do evil magic or commit adultery. I will speak out against those who make false promises and cheat their workers and don’t pay them the money they promised. I will testify against those who don’t help strangers, or widows and orphans. And I will testify against those who don’t respect me.” This is what the Lord All-Powerful said.

Zechariah 5:4

The Lord All-Powerful says, ‘I will send that scroll to the houses of thieves and people who lie when they use my name to make promises. That scroll will settle there and destroy even the stones and wooden posts of their houses.’”

Micah 7:3

People are good at doing bad things with both hands. Officials ask for bribes. Judges take money to change their decisions in court. “Important leaders” do whatever they want to do.

Micah 2:9

You have taken nice houses away from the women of my people. You have taken my wealth away from their small children forever.

Proverbs 28:16

A foolish ruler hurts the people under him, but a ruler who hates wrong will rule for a long time.

Proverbs 23:5

In the blink of an eye, money can disappear, as if it grew wings and flew away like a bird.

Psalm 49:13

That is what happens to all who trust in themselves and to anyone who accepts their way of life. Selah

Jeremiah 6:13

“All the people of Israel want more and more money. All of them, from the least important to the most important, are like that. Even the prophets and priests tell lies.

Jeremiah 8:10

So I will give their wives to other men. I will give their fields to new owners. All the people of Israel want more and more money. All of them, from the least important to the most important, are like that. Even the prophets and priests tell lies.

Job 20:21

After filling himself, there is nothing left. His success will not continue.