A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
THE VEYMONT INSTITUTION
Passage cross-references.
344,794 validated archival connections, attributed to OpenBible.info. These editorial and community-supplied links are preserved for research; they do not assert that two passages mean the same thing.
Jeremiah 17:11 · 35 connections
Sorted by the source’s vote counts, which measure its community responses rather than historical certainty or doctrinal truth.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. …
End of linked passage: Ecclesiastes 5:16Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. …
End of linked passage: Micah 2:2Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! …
End of linked passage: Habakkuk 2:12In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.
Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: …
End of linked passage: Zechariah 7:13But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. …
End of linked passage: James 5:5And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. …
End of linked passage: Proverbs 1:19Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. …
End of linked passage: Jeremiah 5:28In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD. …
End of linked passage: Ezekiel 22:13He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. …
End of linked passage: Hosea 12:8For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, …
End of linked passage: Amos 8:6The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? …
End of linked passage: Micah 6:12That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
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.
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. …
End of linked passage: Isaiah 1:24Original source and licence · Import and validation record · Five excluded rows