1 Corinthians 7:31

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1 Corinthians 7:31

And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

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Luke 14:20

Bible References

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What then is my reward? That, while preaching the good-news, I may make the good-news of the Christ without charge, in order not to make full use of my right in the good-news.

There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be fitting is [for a man] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor in which he labors under the sun all the days of his life which God has given him, for this is his p

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart, for God has already accepted thy works.

Give a portion to seven, yea, even to eight, for thou know not what evil shall be upon the earth.

But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord is late coming,

For, like a man going on a journey, he called his own bondmen, and delivered to them the things possessed by him.

And he said to them, Watch, and keep away from greed, because to any man, life to him is not in the abundance of things possessed by him.

And he also said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a manager, and this man was accused to him as squandering things possessed by him.

And he said to him, Well, thou good bondman. Because thou became faithful in the least, be thou having authority over ten cities.

But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden.

Command the rich in the present age not to be arrogant, nor hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in the living God, who supplies us all things abundantly for enjoyment,

Go now, ye rich, weep, howling for your miseries that are approaching.

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Surely every man walks in a shadow. Surely they are disquieted in vain. He heaps up, and knows not who shall gather them.

As a dream from awakening, O LORD, when thou waken, thou will despise their form.

One generation goes, and another generation comes, but the earth abides forever.

but the rich in his lowliness, because as a flower of grass he will pass away.

men who know not of the morrow. For what is your life? For it will be a vapor that appears for a little while, and then also vanishes away--

Because all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as a flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower of it falls away,

But the end of all things has approached. Therefore be serious, and be sober for the prayers.

And the world passes away, and the lust of it, but he who does the will of God abides into the age.

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And another said, I married a wife, and because of this I cannot come.