1 John 2:16

because this is all that is in the world; the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, which is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

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1 John 2:16
because this is all that is in the world; the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, which is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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Matthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and thieves break through and steal: