Deuteronomy 7:26

26And you shall not bring an abominable thing into your house and become devoted to destruction
That is, set apart ( devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); twice in this verse
like it. You shall utterly detest and abhor it, bfor it is devoted to destruction.

Joshua 6:18

18But you, keep yourselves from the things devoted to destruction, lest when you have devoted them you take any of the devoted things and make the camp of Israel ca thing for destruction and dbring trouble upon it.

Joshua 7:11-12

11Israel has sinned; they have etransgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the fdevoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings. 12 gTherefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They hturn their backs before their enemies, because they have become idevoted for destruction.
That is, set apart ( devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
I will be with you no more, unless you destroy kthe devoted things from among you.

Joshua 7:24-25

24And Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver and the cloak and the bar of gold, and his sons and daughters and his oxen and donkeys and sheep and his tent and all that he had. And they brought them up to the lValley of Achor. 25And Joshua said, “Why did you mbring trouble on us? The Lord brings trouble on you today.” And all Israel nstoned him with stones. oThey burned them with fire and stoned them with stones.

1 Samuel 8:3-5

3Yet his sons did not walk in his ways pbut turned aside after gain. qThey took bribes and perverted justice.

4Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at rRamah 5and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. sNow appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

Proverbs 1:19

19 tSuch are the ways of everyone who is ugreedy for unjust gain;
vit takes away the life of its possessors.

Proverbs 11:19

19Whoever is steadfast in righteousness wwill live,
but xhe who pursues evil will die.

Proverbs 11:29

29Whoever ytroubles his own household will zinherit the wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

Proverbs 20:21

21 aaAn inheritance gained hastily in the beginning
will not be blessed in the end.
Copyright information for ESV