Luke 12:15 Speaking to the people, he went on, “Take care! Protect yourself against the least bit of greed. Life is not defined by what you have, even when you have a l...

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逐节对照

The Message - Speaking to the people, he went on, “Take care! Protect yourself against the least bit of greed. Life is not defined by what you have, even when you have a lot.”
新标点和合本 - 于是对众人说：“你们要谨慎自守，免去一切的贪心，因为人的生命不在乎家道丰富。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 于是他对他们说：“你们要谨慎自守，躲避一切的贪心，因为人的生命不在于家道丰富。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 于是他对他们说：“你们要谨慎自守，躲避一切的贪心，因为人的生命不在于家道丰富。”
当代译本 - 接着，祂对众人说：“你们要小心防范一切的贪心，因为人的生命并不在于家道富足。”
圣经新译本 - 于是他对众人说：“你们要谨慎，远离一切贪心，因为人的生命并不在于家道丰富。”
中文标准译本 - 接着耶稣对他们说：“你们要注意，要提防一切贪心，因为一个人的生命不在于他财产的丰厚。”
现代标点和合本 - 于是对众人说：“你们要谨慎自守，免去一切的贪心，因为人的生命不在乎家道丰富。”
和合本（拼音版） - 于是对众人说：“你们要谨慎自守，免去一切的贪心；因为人的生命不在乎家道丰富。”
New International Version - Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
New International Reader's Version - Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against wanting to have more and more things. Life is not made up of how much a person has.”
English Standard Version - 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.”
New Living Translation - Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”
Christian Standard Bible - He then told them, “Watch out and be on guard against all greed, because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.”
New American Standard Bible - But He said to them, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one is affluent does his life consist of his possessions.”
New King James Version - And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”
Amplified Bible - Then He said to them, “Watch out and guard yourselves against every form of greed; for not even when one has an overflowing abundance does his life consist of nor is it derived from his possessions.”
American Standard Version - And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
King James Version - And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
New English Translation - Then he said to them, “Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
World English Bible - He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”
新標點和合本 - 於是對眾人說：「你們要謹慎自守，免去一切的貪心，因為人的生命不在乎家道豐富。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 於是他對他們說：「你們要謹慎自守，躲避一切的貪心，因為人的生命不在於家道豐富。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 於是他對他們說：「你們要謹慎自守，躲避一切的貪心，因為人的生命不在於家道豐富。」
當代譯本 - 接著，祂對眾人說：「你們要小心防範一切的貪心，因為人的生命並不在於家道富足。」
聖經新譯本 - 於是他對眾人說：“你們要謹慎，遠離一切貪心，因為人的生命並不在於家道豐富。”
呂振中譯本 - 於是對他們說：『你們要留心，要自守、免去各樣的貪婪；因為一個人的生命、不在乎他資財之富餘。』
中文標準譯本 - 接著耶穌對他們說：「你們要注意，要提防一切貪心，因為一個人的生命不在於他財產的豐厚。」
現代標點和合本 - 於是對眾人說：「你們要謹慎自守，免去一切的貪心，因為人的生命不在乎家道豐富。」
文理和合譯本 - 遂語眾曰、慎戒貪婪、蓋人之生、不在所蓄之豐裕也、
文理委辦譯本 - 遂謂眾曰、慎戒勿貪、蓋人之生、不在所蓄之贏餘也、○
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 遂謂眾曰、慎哉、勿貪婪、蓋人之生命、不在家貲豐裕、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 因謂眾曰：『爾其慎之、摒絕一切貪婪、人之生命、不在其產業之富裕也。』
Nueva Versión Internacional - »¡Tengan cuidado! —advirtió a la gente—. Absténganse de toda avaricia; la vida de una persona no depende de la abundancia de sus bienes».
현대인의 성경 - 군중을 향해 이렇게 말씀하셨다. “너희는 온갖 욕심을 조심하라. 제아무리 넉넉하다 해도 사람의 생명이 재산에 달려 있는 것은 아니다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - И Он сказал им: – Смотрите, берегитесь жадности. Как бы ни был богат человек, его жизнь от этого не зависит.
Восточный перевод - И Он сказал им: – Смотрите, берегитесь жадности. Как бы ни был богат человек, его жизнь от этого не зависит.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - И Он сказал им: – Смотрите, берегитесь жадности. Как бы ни был богат человек, его жизнь от этого не зависит.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - И Он сказал им: – Смотрите, берегитесь жадности. Как бы ни был богат человек, его жизнь от этого не зависит.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Puis il dit à tous : Gardez-vous avec soin du désir de posséder, sous toutes ses formes, car la vie d’un homme, si riche soit-il, ne dépend pas de ses biens.
リビングバイブル - 続けてイエスは群衆に言われました。「貪欲にはくれぐれも注意しなさい。どんな金持ちでも、人のいのちは財産とは無関係なのですから。」
Nestle Aland 28 - Εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς· ὁρᾶτε καὶ φυλάσσεσθε ἀπὸ πάσης πλεονεξίας, ὅτι οὐκ ἐν τῷ περισσεύειν τινὶ ἡ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ ἐστιν ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς, ὁρᾶτε καὶ φυλάσσεσθε ἀπὸ πάσης πλεονεξίας, ὅτι οὐκ ἐν τῷ περισσεύειν τινὶ, ἡ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ ἐστιν ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ.
Nova Versão Internacional - Então lhes disse: “Cuidado! Fiquem de sobreaviso contra todo tipo de ganância; a vida de um homem não consiste na quantidade dos seus bens”.
Hoffnung für alle - Dann wandte er sich an alle: »Hütet euch vor der Habgier! Wenn jemand auch noch so viel Geld hat, das Leben kann er sich damit nicht kaufen.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Phải đề phòng, đừng để lòng tham lam lôi cuốn. Vì đời sống con người không cốt ở chỗ giàu có dư dật đâu.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แล้วพระองค์ตรัสกับเขาทั้งหลายว่า “จงระวังให้ดี! จงระวังตนจากความโลภทุกชนิด ชีวิตคนเราไม่ได้อยู่ที่การมีทรัพย์สิ่งของเหลือเฟือ”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แล้วก็กล่าวกับคนเหล่านั้นว่า “จงระวังเถิด จงระวังตัวจากความโลภทุกชนิด ชีวิตของคนไม่ได้นับจากการมีทรัพย์สินมั่งคั่ง”

交叉引用

Luke 21:34 - “But be on your guard. Don’t let the sharp edge of your expectation get dulled by parties and drinking and shopping. Otherwise, that Day is going to take you by complete surprise, spring on you suddenly like a trap, for it’s going to come on everyone, everywhere, at once. So, whatever you do, don’t fall asleep at the wheel. Pray constantly that you will have the strength and wits to make it through everything that’s coming and end up on your feet before the Son of Man.”
Ephesians 5:3 - Don’t allow love to turn into lust, setting off a downhill slide into sexual promiscuity, filthy practices, or bullying greed. Though some tongues just love the taste of gossip, those who follow Jesus have better uses for language than that. Don’t talk dirty or silly. That kind of talk doesn’t fit our style. Thanksgiving is our dialect.
Ephesians 5:5 - You can be sure that using people or religion or things just for what you can get out of them—the usual variations on idolatry—will get you nowhere, and certainly nowhere near the kingdom of Christ, the kingdom of God.
Proverbs 28:16 - Among leaders who lack insight, abuse abounds, but for one who hates corruption, the future is bright.
Psalms 37:16 - Less is more and more is less. One righteous will outclass fifty wicked, For the wicked are moral weaklings but the righteous are God-strong.
Proverbs 23:4 - Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich; restrain yourself! Riches disappear in the blink of an eye; wealth sprouts wings and flies off into the wild blue yonder.
Ecclesiastes 4:6 - One handful of peaceful repose Is better than two fistfuls of worried work— More spitting into the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:7 - I turned my head and saw yet another wisp of smoke on its way to nothingness: a solitary person, completely alone—no children, no family, no friends—yet working obsessively late into the night, compulsively greedy for more and more, never bothering to ask, “Why am I working like a dog, never having any fun? And who cares?” More smoke. A bad business.
Job 2:4 - Satan answered, “A human would do anything to save his life. But what do you think would happen if you reached down and took away his health? He’d curse you to your face, that’s what.”
Psalms 10:3 - The wicked are windbags, the swindlers have foul breath. The wicked snub God, their noses stuck high in the air. Their graffiti are scrawled on the walls: “Catch us if you can!” “God is dead.”
Jeremiah 6:13 - “Everyone’s after the dishonest dollar, little people and big people alike. Prophets and priests and everyone in between twist words and doctor truth. My people are broken—shattered!— and they put on Band-Aids, Saying, ‘It’s not so bad. You’ll be just fine.’ But things are not ‘just fine’! Do you suppose they are embarrassed over this outrage? No, they have no shame. They don’t even know how to blush. There’s no hope for them. They’ve hit bottom and there’s no getting up. As far as I’m concerned, they’re finished.” God has spoken.
Habakkuk 2:9 - “Who do you think you are— recklessly grabbing and looting, Living it up, acting like king of the mountain, acting above it all, above trials and troubles? You’ve engineered the ruin of your own house. In ruining others you’ve ruined yourself. You’ve undermined your foundations, rotted out your own soul. The bricks of your house will speak up and accuse you. The woodwork will step forward with evidence.
Jeremiah 22:18 - This is God’s epitaph on Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “Doom to this man! Nobody will shed tears over him, ‘Poor, poor brother!’ Nobody will shed tears over him, ‘Poor, poor master!’ They’ll give him a donkey’s funeral, drag him out of the city and dump him.
Job 31:24 - “Did I set my heart on making big money or worship at the bank? Did I boast about my wealth, show off because I was well-off? Was I ever so awed by the sun’s brilliance and moved by the moon’s beauty That I let myself become seduced by them and worshiped them on the sly? If so, I would deserve the worst of punishments, for I would be betraying God himself.
Luke 8:14 - “And the seed that fell in the weeds—well, these are the ones who hear, but then the seed is crowded out and nothing comes of it as they go about their lives worrying about tomorrow, making money, and having fun.
Psalms 62:10 - And a windfall, if it comes— don’t make too much of it.
Colossians 3:5 - And that means killing off everything connected with that way of death: sexual promiscuity, impurity, lust, doing whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it, and grabbing whatever attracts your fancy. That’s a life shaped by things and feelings instead of by God. It’s because of this kind of thing that God is about to explode in anger. It wasn’t long ago that you were doing all that stuff and not knowing any better. But you know better now, so make sure it’s all gone for good: bad temper, irritability, meanness, profanity, dirty talk.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 - The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, Nor the one who loves wealth with big profits. More smoke.
Ecclesiastes 5:11 - The more loot you get, the more looters show up. And what fun is that—to be robbed in broad daylight?
Ecclesiastes 5:12 - Hard and honest work earns a good night’s sleep, Whether supper is beans or steak. But a rich man’s belly gives him insomnia.
Ecclesiastes 5:13 - Here’s a piece of bad luck I’ve seen happen: A man hoards far more wealth than is good for him And then loses it all in a bad business deal. He fathered a child but hasn’t a cent left to give him. He arrived naked from the womb of his mother; He’ll leave in the same condition—with nothing. This is bad luck, for sure—naked he came, naked he went. So what was the point of working for a salary of smoke? All for a miserable life spent in the dark?
Matthew 6:25 - “If you decide for God, living a life of God-worship, it follows that you don’t fuss about what’s on the table at mealtimes or whether the clothes in your closet are in fashion. There is far more to your life than the food you put in your stomach, more to your outer appearance than the clothes you hang on your body. Look at the birds, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description, careless in the care of God. And you count far more to him than birds.
Luke 16:14 - When the Pharisees, a money-obsessed bunch, heard him say these things, they rolled their eyes, dismissing him as hopelessly out of touch. So Jesus spoke to them: “You are masters at making yourselves look good in front of others, but God knows what’s behind the appearance. What society sees and calls monumental, God sees through and calls monstrous. God’s Law and the Prophets climaxed in John; Now it’s all kingdom of God—the glad news and compelling invitation to every man and woman. The sky will disintegrate and the earth dissolve before a single letter of God’s Law wears out. Using the legalities of divorce as a cover for lust is adultery; Using the legalities of marriage as a cover for lust is adultery.
Proverbs 15:16 - A simple life in the Fear-of-God is better than a rich life with a ton of headaches.
Proverbs 16:16 - Get wisdom—it’s worth more than money; choose insight over income every time.
1 Timothy 6:6 - A devout life does bring wealth, but it’s the rich simplicity of being yourself before God. Since we entered the world penniless and will leave it penniless, if we have bread on the table and shoes on our feet, that’s enough.
1 Timothy 6:9 - But if it’s only money these leaders are after, they’ll self-destruct in no time. Lust for money brings trouble and nothing but trouble. Going down that path, some lose their footing in the faith completely and live to regret it bitterly ever after.
Hebrews 13:5 - Don’t be obsessed with getting more material things. Be relaxed with what you have. Since God assured us, “I’ll never let you down, never walk off and leave you,” we can boldly quote, God is there, ready to help; I’m fearless no matter what. Who or what can get to me?

逐节对照

交叉引用

The Message - Speaking to the people, he went on, “Take care! Protect yourself against the least bit of greed. Life is not defined by what you have, even when you have a lot.”
新标点和合本 - 于是对众人说：“你们要谨慎自守，免去一切的贪心，因为人的生命不在乎家道丰富。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 于是他对他们说：“你们要谨慎自守，躲避一切的贪心，因为人的生命不在于家道丰富。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 于是他对他们说：“你们要谨慎自守，躲避一切的贪心，因为人的生命不在于家道丰富。”
当代译本 - 接着，祂对众人说：“你们要小心防范一切的贪心，因为人的生命并不在于家道富足。”
圣经新译本 - 于是他对众人说：“你们要谨慎，远离一切贪心，因为人的生命并不在于家道丰富。”
中文标准译本 - 接着耶稣对他们说：“你们要注意，要提防一切贪心，因为一个人的生命不在于他财产的丰厚。”
现代标点和合本 - 于是对众人说：“你们要谨慎自守，免去一切的贪心，因为人的生命不在乎家道丰富。”
和合本（拼音版） - 于是对众人说：“你们要谨慎自守，免去一切的贪心；因为人的生命不在乎家道丰富。”
New International Version - Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
New International Reader's Version - Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against wanting to have more and more things. Life is not made up of how much a person has.”
English Standard Version - 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.”
New Living Translation - Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”
Christian Standard Bible - He then told them, “Watch out and be on guard against all greed, because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.”
New American Standard Bible - But He said to them, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one is affluent does his life consist of his possessions.”
New King James Version - And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”
Amplified Bible - Then He said to them, “Watch out and guard yourselves against every form of greed; for not even when one has an overflowing abundance does his life consist of nor is it derived from his possessions.”
American Standard Version - And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
King James Version - And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
New English Translation - Then he said to them, “Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
World English Bible - He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”
新標點和合本 - 於是對眾人說：「你們要謹慎自守，免去一切的貪心，因為人的生命不在乎家道豐富。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 於是他對他們說：「你們要謹慎自守，躲避一切的貪心，因為人的生命不在於家道豐富。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 於是他對他們說：「你們要謹慎自守，躲避一切的貪心，因為人的生命不在於家道豐富。」
當代譯本 - 接著，祂對眾人說：「你們要小心防範一切的貪心，因為人的生命並不在於家道富足。」
聖經新譯本 - 於是他對眾人說：“你們要謹慎，遠離一切貪心，因為人的生命並不在於家道豐富。”
呂振中譯本 - 於是對他們說：『你們要留心，要自守、免去各樣的貪婪；因為一個人的生命、不在乎他資財之富餘。』
中文標準譯本 - 接著耶穌對他們說：「你們要注意，要提防一切貪心，因為一個人的生命不在於他財產的豐厚。」
現代標點和合本 - 於是對眾人說：「你們要謹慎自守，免去一切的貪心，因為人的生命不在乎家道豐富。」
文理和合譯本 - 遂語眾曰、慎戒貪婪、蓋人之生、不在所蓄之豐裕也、
文理委辦譯本 - 遂謂眾曰、慎戒勿貪、蓋人之生、不在所蓄之贏餘也、○
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 遂謂眾曰、慎哉、勿貪婪、蓋人之生命、不在家貲豐裕、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 因謂眾曰：『爾其慎之、摒絕一切貪婪、人之生命、不在其產業之富裕也。』
Nueva Versión Internacional - »¡Tengan cuidado! —advirtió a la gente—. Absténganse de toda avaricia; la vida de una persona no depende de la abundancia de sus bienes».
현대인의 성경 - 군중을 향해 이렇게 말씀하셨다. “너희는 온갖 욕심을 조심하라. 제아무리 넉넉하다 해도 사람의 생명이 재산에 달려 있는 것은 아니다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - И Он сказал им: – Смотрите, берегитесь жадности. Как бы ни был богат человек, его жизнь от этого не зависит.
Восточный перевод - И Он сказал им: – Смотрите, берегитесь жадности. Как бы ни был богат человек, его жизнь от этого не зависит.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - И Он сказал им: – Смотрите, берегитесь жадности. Как бы ни был богат человек, его жизнь от этого не зависит.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - И Он сказал им: – Смотрите, берегитесь жадности. Как бы ни был богат человек, его жизнь от этого не зависит.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Puis il dit à tous : Gardez-vous avec soin du désir de posséder, sous toutes ses formes, car la vie d’un homme, si riche soit-il, ne dépend pas de ses biens.
リビングバイブル - 続けてイエスは群衆に言われました。「貪欲にはくれぐれも注意しなさい。どんな金持ちでも、人のいのちは財産とは無関係なのですから。」
Nestle Aland 28 - Εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς· ὁρᾶτε καὶ φυλάσσεσθε ἀπὸ πάσης πλεονεξίας, ὅτι οὐκ ἐν τῷ περισσεύειν τινὶ ἡ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ ἐστιν ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς, ὁρᾶτε καὶ φυλάσσεσθε ἀπὸ πάσης πλεονεξίας, ὅτι οὐκ ἐν τῷ περισσεύειν τινὶ, ἡ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ ἐστιν ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ.
Nova Versão Internacional - Então lhes disse: “Cuidado! Fiquem de sobreaviso contra todo tipo de ganância; a vida de um homem não consiste na quantidade dos seus bens”.
Hoffnung für alle - Dann wandte er sich an alle: »Hütet euch vor der Habgier! Wenn jemand auch noch so viel Geld hat, das Leben kann er sich damit nicht kaufen.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Phải đề phòng, đừng để lòng tham lam lôi cuốn. Vì đời sống con người không cốt ở chỗ giàu có dư dật đâu.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แล้วพระองค์ตรัสกับเขาทั้งหลายว่า “จงระวังให้ดี! จงระวังตนจากความโลภทุกชนิด ชีวิตคนเราไม่ได้อยู่ที่การมีทรัพย์สิ่งของเหลือเฟือ”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แล้วก็กล่าวกับคนเหล่านั้นว่า “จงระวังเถิด จงระวังตัวจากความโลภทุกชนิด ชีวิตของคนไม่ได้นับจากการมีทรัพย์สินมั่งคั่ง”

Luke 21:34 - “But be on your guard. Don’t let the sharp edge of your expectation get dulled by parties and drinking and shopping. Otherwise, that Day is going to take you by complete surprise, spring on you suddenly like a trap, for it’s going to come on everyone, everywhere, at once. So, whatever you do, don’t fall asleep at the wheel. Pray constantly that you will have the strength and wits to make it through everything that’s coming and end up on your feet before the Son of Man.”
Ephesians 5:3 - Don’t allow love to turn into lust, setting off a downhill slide into sexual promiscuity, filthy practices, or bullying greed. Though some tongues just love the taste of gossip, those who follow Jesus have better uses for language than that. Don’t talk dirty or silly. That kind of talk doesn’t fit our style. Thanksgiving is our dialect.
Ephesians 5:5 - You can be sure that using people or religion or things just for what you can get out of them—the usual variations on idolatry—will get you nowhere, and certainly nowhere near the kingdom of Christ, the kingdom of God.
Proverbs 28:16 - Among leaders who lack insight, abuse abounds, but for one who hates corruption, the future is bright.
Psalms 37:16 - Less is more and more is less. One righteous will outclass fifty wicked, For the wicked are moral weaklings but the righteous are God-strong.
Proverbs 23:4 - Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich; restrain yourself! Riches disappear in the blink of an eye; wealth sprouts wings and flies off into the wild blue yonder.
Ecclesiastes 4:6 - One handful of peaceful repose Is better than two fistfuls of worried work— More spitting into the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:7 - I turned my head and saw yet another wisp of smoke on its way to nothingness: a solitary person, completely alone—no children, no family, no friends—yet working obsessively late into the night, compulsively greedy for more and more, never bothering to ask, “Why am I working like a dog, never having any fun? And who cares?” More smoke. A bad business.
Job 2:4 - Satan answered, “A human would do anything to save his life. But what do you think would happen if you reached down and took away his health? He’d curse you to your face, that’s what.”
Psalms 10:3 - The wicked are windbags, the swindlers have foul breath. The wicked snub God, their noses stuck high in the air. Their graffiti are scrawled on the walls: “Catch us if you can!” “God is dead.”
Jeremiah 6:13 - “Everyone’s after the dishonest dollar, little people and big people alike. Prophets and priests and everyone in between twist words and doctor truth. My people are broken—shattered!— and they put on Band-Aids, Saying, ‘It’s not so bad. You’ll be just fine.’ But things are not ‘just fine’! Do you suppose they are embarrassed over this outrage? No, they have no shame. They don’t even know how to blush. There’s no hope for them. They’ve hit bottom and there’s no getting up. As far as I’m concerned, they’re finished.” God has spoken.
Habakkuk 2:9 - “Who do you think you are— recklessly grabbing and looting, Living it up, acting like king of the mountain, acting above it all, above trials and troubles? You’ve engineered the ruin of your own house. In ruining others you’ve ruined yourself. You’ve undermined your foundations, rotted out your own soul. The bricks of your house will speak up and accuse you. The woodwork will step forward with evidence.
Jeremiah 22:18 - This is God’s epitaph on Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “Doom to this man! Nobody will shed tears over him, ‘Poor, poor brother!’ Nobody will shed tears over him, ‘Poor, poor master!’ They’ll give him a donkey’s funeral, drag him out of the city and dump him.
Job 31:24 - “Did I set my heart on making big money or worship at the bank? Did I boast about my wealth, show off because I was well-off? Was I ever so awed by the sun’s brilliance and moved by the moon’s beauty That I let myself become seduced by them and worshiped them on the sly? If so, I would deserve the worst of punishments, for I would be betraying God himself.
Luke 8:14 - “And the seed that fell in the weeds—well, these are the ones who hear, but then the seed is crowded out and nothing comes of it as they go about their lives worrying about tomorrow, making money, and having fun.
Psalms 62:10 - And a windfall, if it comes— don’t make too much of it.
Colossians 3:5 - And that means killing off everything connected with that way of death: sexual promiscuity, impurity, lust, doing whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it, and grabbing whatever attracts your fancy. That’s a life shaped by things and feelings instead of by God. It’s because of this kind of thing that God is about to explode in anger. It wasn’t long ago that you were doing all that stuff and not knowing any better. But you know better now, so make sure it’s all gone for good: bad temper, irritability, meanness, profanity, dirty talk.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 - The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, Nor the one who loves wealth with big profits. More smoke.
Ecclesiastes 5:11 - The more loot you get, the more looters show up. And what fun is that—to be robbed in broad daylight?
Ecclesiastes 5:12 - Hard and honest work earns a good night’s sleep, Whether supper is beans or steak. But a rich man’s belly gives him insomnia.
Ecclesiastes 5:13 - Here’s a piece of bad luck I’ve seen happen: A man hoards far more wealth than is good for him And then loses it all in a bad business deal. He fathered a child but hasn’t a cent left to give him. He arrived naked from the womb of his mother; He’ll leave in the same condition—with nothing. This is bad luck, for sure—naked he came, naked he went. So what was the point of working for a salary of smoke? All for a miserable life spent in the dark?
Matthew 6:25 - “If you decide for God, living a life of God-worship, it follows that you don’t fuss about what’s on the table at mealtimes or whether the clothes in your closet are in fashion. There is far more to your life than the food you put in your stomach, more to your outer appearance than the clothes you hang on your body. Look at the birds, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description, careless in the care of God. And you count far more to him than birds.
Luke 16:14 - When the Pharisees, a money-obsessed bunch, heard him say these things, they rolled their eyes, dismissing him as hopelessly out of touch. So Jesus spoke to them: “You are masters at making yourselves look good in front of others, but God knows what’s behind the appearance. What society sees and calls monumental, God sees through and calls monstrous. God’s Law and the Prophets climaxed in John; Now it’s all kingdom of God—the glad news and compelling invitation to every man and woman. The sky will disintegrate and the earth dissolve before a single letter of God’s Law wears out. Using the legalities of divorce as a cover for lust is adultery; Using the legalities of marriage as a cover for lust is adultery.
Proverbs 15:16 - A simple life in the Fear-of-God is better than a rich life with a ton of headaches.
Proverbs 16:16 - Get wisdom—it’s worth more than money; choose insight over income every time.
1 Timothy 6:6 - A devout life does bring wealth, but it’s the rich simplicity of being yourself before God. Since we entered the world penniless and will leave it penniless, if we have bread on the table and shoes on our feet, that’s enough.
1 Timothy 6:9 - But if it’s only money these leaders are after, they’ll self-destruct in no time. Lust for money brings trouble and nothing but trouble. Going down that path, some lose their footing in the faith completely and live to regret it bitterly ever after.
Hebrews 13:5 - Don’t be obsessed with getting more material things. Be relaxed with what you have. Since God assured us, “I’ll never let you down, never walk off and leave you,” we can boldly quote, God is there, ready to help; I’m fearless no matter what. Who or what can get to me?