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

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.

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

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.

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

The one who is greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live.

And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.

not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.

saying,“ Give me this power too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”But Peter said to him,“ May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire God’s gift with money!

Gehazi, the prophet Elisha’s servant, thought,“ Look, my master did not accept what this Syrian Naaman offered him. As certainly as the LORD lives, I will run after him and accept something from him.”So Gehazi ran after Naaman. When Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from his chariot to meet him and asked,“ Is everything all right?”He answered,“ Everything is fine. My master sent me with this message,‘ Look, two servants of the prophets just arrived from the Ephraimite hill country. Please give them a talent of silver and two suits of clothes.’”Naaman said,“ Please accept two talents of silver. He insisted, and tied up two talents of silver in two bags, along with two suits of clothes. He gave them to two of his servants and they carried them for Gehazi.When he arrived at the hill, he took them from the servants and put them in the house. Then he sent the men on their way.When he came and stood before his master, Elisha asked him,“ Where have you been, Gehazi?” He answered,“ Your servant hasn’t been anywhere.”Elisha replied,“ I was there in spirit when a man turned and got down from his chariot to meet you. This is not the proper time to accept silver or to accept clothes, olive groves, vineyards, sheep, cattle, and male and female servants.Therefore Naaman’s skin disease will afflict you and your descendants forever!” When Gehazi went out from his presence, his skin was as white as snow.

if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners,

Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth- eaten.Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure!Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

Do not crave that ruler’s delicacies, for that food is deceptive.Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.Therefore the LORD says this:“ Look, I am devising disaster for this nation! It will be like a yoke from which you cannot free your neck. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of catastrophe.

The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.

Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,yet was rebuked for his own transgression( a dumb donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the prophet’s madness).

Joab replied to the man who was telling him this,“ What! You saw this? Why didn’t you strike him down right on the spot? I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a commemorative belt!”The man replied to Joab,“ Even if I were receiving a thousand pieces of silver, I would not strike the king’s son! In our very presence the king gave this order to you and Abishai and Ittai,‘ Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’If I had acted at risk of my own life– and nothing is hidden from the king!– you would have abandoned me.”

You build Zion through bloody crimes, Jerusalem through unjust violence.Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the LORD and say,“ The LORD is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!”Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the Temple Mount will become a hill overgrown with brush!

But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.So the LORD has this to say about Josiah’s son, King Jehoiakim of Judah: People will not mourn for him, saying,“ This makes me sad, my brother! This makes me sad, my sister!” They will not mourn for him, saying,“ Poor, poor lord! Poor, poor majesty!”He will be left unburied just like a dead donkey. His body will be dragged off and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.’”

Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.