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Psalms 52:7
“ See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!”
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1 Timothy 6 17
As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
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Luke 12:15-21
And he said to them,“ Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”And he told them a parable, saying,“ The land of a rich man produced plentifully,and he thought to himself,‘ What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’And he said,‘ I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.And I will say to my soul,“ Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’But God said to him,‘ Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
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Job 31:24-25
“ If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence,if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had found much,
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Jeremiah 17:11
Like the partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch, so is he who gets riches but not by justice; in the midst of his days they will leave him, and at his end he will be a fool.
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Psalms 49:6
those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches?
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Isaiah 30:12
Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel,“ Because you despise this word and trust in oppression and perverseness and rely on them,
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Deuteronomy 6:10-12
“ And when the Lord your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you— with great and good cities that you did not build,and houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant— and when you eat and are full,then take care lest you forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
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Psalms 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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Psalms 91:14
“ Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name.
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1 Timothy 6 10
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
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Isaiah 61:8
For I the Lord love justice; I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
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Job 20:19
For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house that he did not build.
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Job 27:16-23
Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay,he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.He builds his house like a moth’s, like a booth that a watchman makes.He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off.The east wind lifts him up and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.It hurls at him without pity; he flees from its power in headlong flight.It claps its hands at him and hisses at him from its place.
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Deuteronomy 8:12-14
lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them,and when your herds and flocks multiply and your silver and gold is multiplied and all that you have is multiplied,then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery,
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Proverbs 23:5
When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.
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Isaiah 59:4
No one enters suit justly; no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
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Isaiah 47:10
You felt secure in your wickedness; you said,“ No one sees me”; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart,“ I am, and there is no one besides me.”
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Isaiah 28:15
Because you have said,“ We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement, when the overwhelming whip passes through it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;
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Job 20:29
This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the heritage decreed for him by God.”
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Jeremiah 13:25
This is your lot, the portion I have measured out to you, declares the Lord, because you have forgotten me and trusted in lies.
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Mark 10:23
And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples,“ How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!”
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Mark 8:36-37
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?For what can a man give in return for his soul?
