Prov. XX, 21. An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Prov. XII, 16. A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
Prov. XXII, 22. Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
23. For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Prov. XXVIII, 3. A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Prov. XXVIII, 8. He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Prov. XXVIII, 22. He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Isaiah V, 8. Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
Micah II, 1. Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
2. And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.