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Proverbs 27:24
For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.
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1 Timothy 6 17
Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to set their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.
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1 John 2 16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
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Matthew 6:19
“ Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
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James 5:1-2
Come now, you rich people, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth eaten.
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Ecclesiastes 12:8
“ Futility of futilities,” says the Preacher,“ all is futility!”
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Job 1:14-17
a messenger came to Job and said,“ The oxen were plowing and the female donkeys feeding beside them,and the Sabeans attacked and took them. They also killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”While he was still speaking, another came and said,“ The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”While he was still speaking, another came and said,“ The Chaldeans formed three units and made a raid on the camels and took them, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
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Ecclesiastes 5:13-14
There is a sickening evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth being hoarded by its owner to his detriment.When that wealth was lost through bad business and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him.
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Genesis 42:36
And their father Jacob said to them,“ You have deprived me of my sons: Joseph is gone, and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin; all these things are against me.”
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Psalms 39:6
Certainly every person walks around as a fleeting shadow; They certainly make an uproar for nothing; He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.
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1 Corinthians 7 29-1 Corinthians 7 31
But this I say, brothers, the time has been shortened, so that from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none;and those who weep, as though they did not weep; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not possess;and those who use the world, as though they did not make full use of it; for the present form of this world is passing away.
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Psalms 119:36-37
Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to dishonest gain.Turn my eyes away from looking at what is worthless, And revive me in Your ways.
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Jeremiah 22:17
“ But your eyes and your heart Are intent only upon your own dishonest gain, And on shedding innocent blood, And on practicing oppression and extortion.”
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Ecclesiastes 1:2
“ Futility of futilities,” says the Preacher,“ Futility of futilities! All is futility.”
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Isaiah 55:2
Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And delight yourself in abundance.