Psalm 62:10

Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!

Psalm 52:7

"Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others."

Isaiah 30:12

For this reason this is what the Holy One of Israel says: "You have rejected this message; you trust instead in your ability to oppress and trick, and rely on that kind of behavior.

Deuteronomy 6:10-12

Then when the Lord your God brings you to the land he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give you -- a land with large, fine cities you did not build,

Deuteronomy 8:12-14

When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,

Job 20:19

For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.

Job 20:29

Such is the lot God allots the wicked, and the heritage of his appointment from God."

Job 27:16-23

If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,

Job 31:24-25

"If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold, 'You are my security!'

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 49:6

They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

Psalm 91:14

The Lord says, "Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him; I will protect him because he is loyal to me.

Proverbs 23:5

When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

Isaiah 28:15

For you say, "We have made a treaty with death, with Sheol we have made an agreement. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by it will not reach us. For we have made a lie our refuge, we have hidden ourselves in a deceitful word."

Isaiah 47:10

You were complacent in your evil deeds; you thought, 'No one sees me.' Your self-professed wisdom and knowledge lead you astray, when you say, 'I am unique! No one can compare to me!'

Isaiah 59:4

No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.

Isaiah 61:8

For I, the Lord, love justice and hate robbery and sin. I will repay them because of my faithfulness; I will make a permanent covenant with them.

Jeremiah 13:25

This is your fate, the destiny to which I have appointed you, because you have forgotten me and have trusted in false gods.

Jeremiah 17:11

The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool."

Mark 8:36-37

For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?

Mark 10:23

Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!"

Luke 12:15-21

Then he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich in this world's goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

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

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 52:7
"Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others."
Deuteronomy 6:10
Then when the Lord your God brings you to the land he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give you -- a land with large, fine cities you did not build,
Deuteronomy 8:12
When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,
Job 27:16
If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,
Job 31:24
"If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold, 'You are my security!'
Mark 8:36
For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?
Mark 10:23
Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!"
Luke 12:15
Then he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
1 Timothy 6:17
Command those who are rich in this world's goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

General references

Job 31:24
"If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold, 'You are my security!'
Proverbs 18:11
The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
"Futile! Futile!" laments the Teacher, "Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!"
Matthew 6:19
"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

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