O trust not in wrong or robbery; give not yourselves unto vanity. If riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

"Lo, this is the man that took not God for his strength, but trusted unto the multitude of his riches, and was mighty in his wickedness!"

Therefore, thus sayeth the holy one of Israel, "Insomuch as ye have cast off your beauty, and comforted yourselves with power and nimbleness, and put your confidence therein:

And when the LORD thy God hath brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give thee with great and goodly cities which thou buildst not,

yea, and when thou hast eaten and filled thyself and hast built goodly houses and dwelt therein,

And why? He hath oppressed the poor, and not helped them: houses hath he spoiled, and not builded them.

This is the portion that the wicked shall have of God, and the heritage that he may look for of the LORD."

Though he have as much money as the dust of the earth, and raiment as ready as the clay,

"Have I put my trust in gold? Or, have I said to the finest gold of all, 'Thou art my confidence?'

Yea every man walketh as it were a shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain: he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.

There be some that put their trust in their goods, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches.

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him up out of all danger, for he hath known my name.

Why wilt thou set thine eye upon the thing, which suddenly vanisheth away? For riches make themselves wings, and take their flight like an Eagle into the air.

For ye comfort yourselves thus: "Tush, we have made a covenant with death, and with hell we are at an agreement. Though there break out any sore plague, it shall not come upon us. For with deceit will we escape, and with nimbleness will we defend ourselves."

For thou hast comforted thyself in thy deceitfulness, and hast said, "No man seeth me." Thine own wisdom and cunning hath deceived thee, in that thou hast said, "I am alone, and without me there is none."

No man regardeth righteousness, and no man judgeth truly. Every man hopeth in vain things, and imagineth deceit; conceiveth weariness, and bringeth forth evil.

For I the LORD, which love right and hate robbery, though it were offered me, shall make their works full of faithfulness, and make an everlasting covenant with them.

This shall be your portion, and the portion of your measure, wherewith ye shall be rewarded of me, sayeth the LORD: because ye have forgotten me, and put your trust in deceitful things.

The deceitful maketh a nest, but bringeth forth no young: He cometh by riches, but not righteously. In the midst of his life must he leave them behind him, and at the last be found a very fool.

What shall it profit a man, if he should win all the world and lose his own soul?

And Jesus looked round about, and said unto his disciples, "What a hard thing it is for them that have riches enter into the kingdom of God."

Wherefore he said unto them, "Take heed, and beware of covetousness. For no man's life standeth in the abundance of the things which he possesseth."

For covetousness is the root of all evil, which while some lusted after, they erred from the faith, and tangled themselves with many sorrows.

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not exceeding wise, and that they trust not in the uncertain riches, but in the living God, which giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy them,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

Bible References

Riches

Yea every man walketh as it were a shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain: he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.
"Lo, this is the man that took not God for his strength, but trusted unto the multitude of his riches, and was mighty in his wickedness!"
And when the LORD thy God hath brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give thee with great and goodly cities which thou buildst not,
yea, and when thou hast eaten and filled thyself and hast built goodly houses and dwelt therein,
Though he have as much money as the dust of the earth, and raiment as ready as the clay,
"Have I put my trust in gold? Or, have I said to the finest gold of all, 'Thou art my confidence?'
What shall it profit a man, if he should win all the world and lose his own soul?
And Jesus looked round about, and said unto his disciples, "What a hard thing it is for them that have riches enter into the kingdom of God."
Wherefore he said unto them, "Take heed, and beware of covetousness. For no man's life standeth in the abundance of the things which he possesseth."
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not exceeding wise, and that they trust not in the uncertain riches, but in the living God, which giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy them,

General references

"Have I put my trust in gold? Or, have I said to the finest gold of all, 'Thou art my confidence?'
But the rich man's goods are his stronghold, yea he taketh them for a high wall round about him.
All is but vanity - sayeth the Preacher - all is but plain vanity.
"See that ye gather not treasure together upon the earth, where rust and moths corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
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