Psalm 17:14
Lord, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring.
Luke 16:8
The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light.
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.
Job 12:6
But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident -- who carry their god in their hands.
Job 12:9
Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this,
Job 21:7-15
"Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, even increase in power?
Job 21:21
For what is his interest in his home after his death, when the number of his months has been broken off?
Job 22:18
But it was he who filled their houses with good things -- yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.
Job 27:14-17
If his children increase -- it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat.
Psalm 39:6
Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away."
Psalm 49:17-19
For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.
Psalm 73:3-7
For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked.
Psalm 73:12
Take a good look! This is what the wicked are like, those who always have it so easy and get richer and richer.
Proverbs 2:4
if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,
Matthew 13:44
"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.
Luke 12:19-21
And I will say to myself, "You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"'
Luke 16:27-28
So the rich man said, 'Then I beg you, father -- send Lazarus to my father's house
John 8:23
Jesus replied, "You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.
John 15:19
If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.
John 17:14
I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
James 5:5
You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
1 John 4:4-5
You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.