Nothing is left for him to consume; therefore, his prosperity will not last.
Jeremiah 17:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He who makes a fortune unjustly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay. In the middle of his life his riches will abandon him, so in the end he will be a fool. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Like the partridge that gathers a brood which she did not hatch and sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches by unjust means and not by right. He will leave them, or they will leave him, in the midst of his days, and at his end he will be a fool. American Standard Version (1901) As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool. Common English Bible Like a partridge gathering a brood that is not its own, so are those who acquire their wealth corruptly. By midlife it will be gone; afterward they will look like fools. Catholic Public Domain Version A partridge has hatched eggs that she did not lay; a man has gathered riches, but without judgment. In the midst of his days, he will leave it all behind, and he will be foolish concerning his very end." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As the partridge hath hatched eggs which she did not lay: so is he that hath gathered riches, and not by right. In the midst of his days he shall leave them: and in his latter end he shall be a fool. |
Nothing is left for him to consume; therefore, his prosperity will not last.
Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle, but whoever earns it through labour will multiply it.
The one who profits dishonestly troubles his household, but the one who hates bribes will live.
Making a fortune through a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a pursuit of death. ,,
As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
A leader who lacks understanding is very oppressive, but one who hates dishonest profit prolongs his life.
A faithful person will have many blessings, but one in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.
A greedy one is in a hurry for wealth; he doesn’t know that poverty will come to him.
Whoever increases his wealth through excessive interest collects it for one who is kind to the poor.
Woe for the one who builds his palace through unrighteousness, his upstairs rooms through injustice, who makes his neighbour serve without pay and will not give him his wages,
But you have eyes and a heart for nothing except your own dishonest profit, shedding innocent blood and committing extortion and oppression.
For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is making profit dishonestly. From prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.
Therefore, I will give their wives to other men, their fields to new occupants, for from the least to the greatest, everyone is making profit dishonestly. From prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.
The people are incapable of doing right – this is the Lord’s declaration – those who store up violence and destruction in their citadels.
You force the women of my people out of their comfortable homes, and you take my blessing , from their children for ever.
Both hands are good at accomplishing evil: the official and the judge demand a bribe; when the powerful man communicates his evil desire, they plot it together.
On that day I will punish all who skip over the threshold, , who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.
I will send it out,’ #– #this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies #– #‘and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by my name. It will stay inside his house and destroy it along with its timbers and stones.’
‘I will come to you in judgement, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the hired worker, the widow, and the fatherless; and against those who deny justice to the resident foreigner. They do not fear me,’ says the Lord of Armies.
‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in. ,
‘But God said to him, “You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared #– #whose will they be? ”
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
It is necessary to silence them; they are ruining entire households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.
They have eyes full of adultery that never stop looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!
They will exploit you in their greed with made-up stories. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.