Proverbs 15:27
Christian Standard Bible
27 The one who profits dishonestly(A) troubles his household,
but the one who hates bribes will live.(B)
Ezekiel 22:27
Christian Standard Bible
27 “Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.
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Habakkuk 2:6-12
Christian Standard Bible
The Five Woe Oracles
6 Won’t all of these take up a taunt against him,(A)
with mockery and riddles about him?
They will say,
“Woe to him who amasses what is not his—
how much longer?(B)—
and loads himself with goods taken in pledge.”(C)
7 Won’t your creditors suddenly arise,
and those who disturb you wake up?
Then you will become spoil for them.(D)
8 Since you have plundered many nations,(E)
all the peoples who remain will plunder you(F)—
because of human bloodshed
and violence(G) against lands, cities,
and all who live in them.(H)
9 Woe to him who dishonestly makes
wealth for his house[a](I)
to place his nest on high,
to escape the grasp of disaster!(J)
10 You have planned shame for your house
by wiping out many peoples
and sinning against your own self.
11 For the stones will cry out(K) from the wall,
and the rafters will answer them
from the woodwork.
12 Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed
and founds a town with injustice!(L)
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