Jeremiah 17:11

Modern King James Version

The quail sits on eggs and does not hatch them; in the same way he who gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the middle of his days, and in his end he shall be a fool.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man shall overflow with blessings, but he who makes haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

Proverbs 21:6

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro by those who seek death.

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your unjust gain, and to shed innocent blood, and for cruelty, and to do violence.

Jeremiah 22:13

Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness and his upper rooms without justice; his neighbor serves without pay, and he does not give him for his work;

Proverbs 28:8

He who increases his wealth by interest and unjust gain, he shall gather it for him who will pity the poor.

Proverbs 15:27

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes shall live.

2 Peter 2:14

having eyes full of adultery and never ceasing from sin, alluring unstable souls, having a heart exercised with covetousness. They are cursed children

Titus 1:11

whose mouth you must stop, who subvert whole houses, teaching things not right for the sake of ill gain.

Zephaniah 1:9

And I will punish all those who leap on the threshold in that day, who fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.

Proverbs 28:22

He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and does not know that poverty will come upon him.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be taken away, but he who gathers by hand shall increase.

Psalm 55:23

But You, O God, will bring them down into the pit of ruin; bloody and deceitful men shall not live half their days; but I will trust in You.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul shall be required of you, then whose shall be those things which you have prepared?

2 Peter 2:3

And through covetousness they will use you for gain with well-turned words; for whom judgment from of old does not linger, and their destruction does not sleep.

1 Timothy 6:9

But they who will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which plunge men into destruction and perdition.

Matthew 23:13

But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of Heaven against men. For you neither go in, nor do you allow those entering to go in.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near you to judgment. And I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who extort from the hired laborer's wages, and turning away the widow, and the orphan, the alien, and not fearing Me, says Jehovah of Hosts.

Zechariah 5:4

I will bring it forth, says Jehovah of Hosts; and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by My name. And it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall devour it, and its timber and its stones.

Micah 7:3

Both hands are on evil, to do it well. The ruler asks for a bribe, and the judge also; and the great man speaks the evil desire of his soul. So they weave it together.

Micah 2:9

You have thrown the wives of My people out from the house of her delight; from their children you have taken away My majesty forever.

Amos 3:10

For they do not know to do right, says Jehovah, those who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

Proverbs 28:16

A ruler lacking understanding even adds oppressions; he who hates unjust gain shall prolong his days.

Proverbs 23:5

Will your eyes fly on it? And it is gone! For surely it makes wings for itself; it flies into the heavens like an eagle.

Psalm 49:13

This way of theirs is their foolishness; yet their followers delight in their sayings. Selah.

Jeremiah 6:13

For everyone from the least of them even to the greatest of them cuts off a profit; and from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

Jeremiah 8:10

Therefore I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall inherit them, for everyone from the least even to the greatest cuts off a profit. From the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

Job 20:21

None of his food shall be left; therefore his good will not last.