Such are the ways of everyone who makes unjust gain; It takes away the life of its possessors.

凡贪恋财利的，所行之路都是如此；这贪恋之心乃夺去得财者之命。

凡靠暴力敛财的，所行之路都是如此，这种念头必夺去自己的生命。

凡靠暴力敛财的，所行之路都是如此，这种念头必夺去自己的生命。

这就是贪爱不义之财者的结局，不义之财终要夺去他们的性命。

凡是贪爱不义之财的，所走的路都是这样；那不义之财夺去了贪财者的性命。

一切贪图私利者所行的路就是这样，不义之财将夺去其拥有者的性命。

凡貪戀財利的，所行之路都是如此；這貪戀之心乃奪去得財者之命。

凡靠暴力歛財的，所行之路都是如此，這種念頭必奪去自己的生命。

凡靠暴力歛財的，所行之路都是如此，這種念頭必奪去自己的生命。

這就是貪愛不義之財者的結局，不義之財終要奪去他們的性命。

凡是貪愛不義之財的，所走的路都是這樣；那不義之財奪去了貪財者的性命。

凡以強暴得財利的、所行的路都是如此：那財利把得財者的性命奪了去。

一切貪圖私利者所行的路就是這樣，不義之財將奪去其擁有者的性命。

凡嗜利者、其道如是、貪得之欲、必隕其命、○

凡貪非義之利而亡身者、亦若是矣。

凡貪非義之利者、俱行此道、非義之利、致人喪命、○

Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the life of those who get it.

That’s what happens to everyone who goes after money in the wrong way. That kind of money takes away the life of those who get it.

Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.

Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money; it robs them of life.

Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly; it takes the lives of those who receive it.

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly; it takes the lives of those who receive it.

So[ are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;[ which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

He who profits illicitly troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes will live.

and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

not overindulging in wine, not a bully, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.

saying,“ Give this authority to me as well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”But Peter said to him,“ May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire the gift of God with money!

But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought,“ Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Aramean, by not accepting from his hand what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and take something from him.”So Gehazi pursued Naaman. When Naaman saw someone running after him, he came down from the chariot to meet him and said,“ Is everything well?”And he said,“ Everything is well. My master has sent me, saying,‘ Behold, just now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothes.’ ”Naaman said,“ Be sure to take two talents.” And he urged him, and tied up two talents of silver in two bags with two changes of clothes, and gave them to two of his servants; and they carried them before him.When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand and deposited them in the house, and he sent the men away, and they departed.But he went in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him,“ Where have you been, Gehazi?” And he said,“ Your servant went nowhere.”Then he said to him,“ Did my heart not go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to accept money and to accept clothes, olive groves, vineyards, sheep, oxen, and male and female slaves?Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever.” So he went out from his presence afflicted with leprosy, as white as snow.

If I have eaten its fruit without money, Or have caused its owners to lose their lives,

Come now, you rich people, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth eaten.Your gold and your silver have corroded, and their corrosion will serve as a testimony against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of armies.

Do not desire his delicacies, For it is deceptive food.Do not weary yourself to gain wealth; Stop dwelling on it.

Woe to those who devise wrongdoing, Who practice evil on their beds! When morning comes, they do it, Because it is in the power of their hands.They covet fields, so they seize them; And houses, so they take them. They exploit a man and his house, A person and his inheritance.Therefore this is what the Lord says:“ Behold, I am planning against this family a catastrophe From which you cannot remove your necks; And you will not walk haughtily, For it will be an evil time.

“ Woe to him who makes evil profit for his household, To put his nest on high, To be saved from the hand of catastrophe!

There is a sickening evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth being hoarded by its owner to his detriment.

having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having hearts trained in greed, accursed children;abandoning the right way, they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the reward of unrighteousness;but he received a rebuke for his own offense, for a mute donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the insanity of the prophet.

Then Joab said to the man who had informed him,“ So behold, you saw him! Why then did you not strike him there to the ground? And it would have been my duty to give you ten pieces of silver and a belt.”But the man said to Joab,“ Even if I were to receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I would not put out my hand against the king’s son; for in our hearing the king commanded you, Abishai, and Ittai, saying,‘ Protect the young man Absalom for me!’Otherwise, if I had dealt treacherously against his life( and there is nothing hidden from the king), then you yourself would have avoided me.”

Who build Zion with bloodshed, And Jerusalem with malice.Her leaders pronounce judgment for a bribe, Her priests teach for pay, And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,“ Is the Lord not in our midst? Catastrophe will not come upon us.”Therefore on account of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, And the mountain of the temple will become high places of a forest.

“ But your eyes and your heart Are intent only upon your own dishonest gain, And on shedding innocent blood, And on practicing oppression and extortion.”Therefore this is what the Lord says regarding Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:“ They will not mourn for him:‘ Oh, my brother!’ or,‘ Oh, sister!’ They will not mourn for him:‘ Oh, for the master!’ or,‘ Oh, for his splendor!’He will be buried with a donkey’s burial, Dragged off and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge people into ruin and destruction.For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.