Pro 21:6, 22:16, 28:20-22, Isa 5:8, Hos 12:7-8, Amo 8:4-6, Zec 11:5 | ESV | STEP | The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death .

Proverbs 21:6

6 ^aThe getting of treasures by a lying tongue
is a ^bfleeting ^cvapor and a ^dsnare of death. ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Latin; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death}

Proverbs 22:16

16 Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
or gives to the rich, ^fwill only come to poverty.

Proverbs 28:20-22

20 A faithful man will abound with blessings,
but whoever hastens to be rich ^gwill not go unpunished.
21 To show ^hpartiality is not good,
but for ⁱa piece of bread a man will do wrong.
22 A ^jstingy man ^{▼▼Hebrew A man whose eye is evil} ^lhastens after wealth
and does not know that ^mpoverty will come upon him.

Isaiah 5:8

Woe to the Wicked

8 Woe to those who ⁿjoin 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 ^ofalse balances,
he loves ^pto oppress.
8 Ephraim has said, “Ah, but ^qI am rich;
I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labors ^rthey cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”

Amos 8:4-6

4 Hear this, ^syou who trample on the needy
and bring the poor of the land to an end,
5 saying, “When will ^tthe new moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
And ^uthe Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make ^vthe ephah small and the shekel ^{▼▼An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters; a shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,
6 that we may buy the poor for ^xsilver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and sell the chaff of the wheat?”

Zechariah 11:5

5 ^yThose who buy them slaughter them and go unpunished, and those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, ^zI have become rich,’ and their own shepherds have no pity on them.