pSee Zeph. 2:13-15
Job 31:25
25if I have arejoiced because my wealth was abundantor because bmy hand had found much,
Proverbs 18:12
12 cBefore destruction a man’s heart is haughty,but dhumility comes before honor.
Proverbs 21:6-7
6 eThe getting of treasures by a lying tongueis a ffleeting gvapor and a hsnare of death. ▼
▼Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Latin; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death
7The violence of the wicked will jsweep them away,
because they refuse to do what is just.
Isaiah 5:8
Woe to the Wicked
8 Woe to those who kjoin house to house,who add field to field,
until there is no more room,
and you are made to dwell alone
in the midst of the land.
Hosea 12:7-8
7 A merchant, in whose hands are lfalse balances,he loves mto oppress.
8Ephraim has said, “Ah, but nI am rich;
I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labors othey cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”
Nahum 2:9-13
9Plunder the silver,plunder the gold!
There is no end of the treasure
or of the wealth of all precious things.
10 pDesolate! Desolation and ruin!
qHearts melt and rknees tremble;
sanguish is in all loins;
tall faces grow pale!
11Where is the lions’ den,
the feeding place of uthe young lions,
where the lion and lioness went,
where his cubs were, with vnone to disturb?
12 wThe lion tore enough for his cubs
and xstrangled prey for his lionesses;
he filled his caves with prey
and his dens with torn flesh.
13 yBehold, I am against you, declares the Lord of hosts, and zI will burn your ▼
▼Hebrew her
chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and abthe voice of your messengers shall no longer be heard. Nahum 3:1
Woe to Nineveh
1 Woe to acthe bloody city,all full of lies and plunder—
adno end to the prey!
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