Verses
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- About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. …
- Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power? …
- This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty. …
- If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
- …if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,
- …this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
- Do not be afraid when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.
- For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.
- For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long. …
- For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. …
- The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
- A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.
- The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
- A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.
- There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
- …or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.
- Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.
- For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.
- “Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes. …
- Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich. …
- This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
- Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
- “Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages, …
- They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.
- By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.
- Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes. …
- For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
- Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
- Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
- Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
- As Jesus started on His way, a man ran up and knelt before Him. “Good Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” …
- But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.
- Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
- And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” …
- No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
- The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.
- Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. …
- On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.” …
- Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy. …
- The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position. …
- Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. …