Jeremiah 17:11

11 	Like the lpartridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch,
		so is mhe who gets riches but not by justice;
	nin the midst of his days they will leave him,
		oand at his end he will be a fool.

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1 Samuel 26:20
Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the LORD, for the king of Israel has come out to seek a single flea like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”

Psalm 39:6
Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!

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