Job 31:24

Job's Final Defense Continued

²³ For disaster from God terrifies me,
and because of His majesty I could not do these things. ²⁴ If I placed my confidence in gold
or called fine gold my trust,
²⁵ if I have rejoiced because my wealth is great
or because my own hand has acquired so much,

Job

Genesis 31:1

Now Jacob heard what Laban’s sons were saying: “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s and has built this wealth from what belonged to our father.”

Deuteronomy 8:12-14

When you eat and are full, and build beautiful houses to live in,

Psalm 49:6-7

They trust in their wealth
and boast of their abundant riches.

Psalm 49:17

For when he dies, he will take nothing at all;
his wealth will not follow him down.

Psalm 52:7

“Here is the man
who would not make God his refuge,
but trusted in the abundance of his riches,
taking refuge in his destructive behavior.”

Psalm 62:10

Place no trust in oppression,
or false hope in robbery.
If wealth increases,
pay no attention to it.

Proverbs 10:15

A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city;
the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

Proverbs 11:28

Anyone trusting in his riches will fall,
but the righteous will flourish like foliage.

Proverbs 30:9

Otherwise, I might have too much
and deny You, saying, “Who is the Lord?”
or I might have nothing and steal,
profaning the name of my God.

Mark 10:24-25

But the disciples were astonished at His words. Again Jesus said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

Luke 12:15

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.”

Colossians 3:5

Therefore, put to death what belongs to your worldly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

1 Timothy 6:17

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.