Proverbs 21:6-7
6 aThe getting of treasures by a lying tongueis a bfleeting cvapor and a dsnare of death. ▼
▼Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Latin; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death
7The violence of the wicked will fsweep them away,
because they refuse to do what is just.
Jeremiah 17:11
11 Like the gpartridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch,so is hhe who gets riches but not by justice;
iin the midst of his days they will leave him,
jand at his end he will be a fool.
Micah 6:10
10Can I forget any longer the treasures ▼▼Or Are there still treasures
of wickedness in the house of the wicked,and the scant measure that is accursed?
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