Psalm 62:10

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Psalm 62:10

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

Riches

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Riches

Surely man walks in darkness; surely they are disquieted in vain; they heap up riches not knowing who shall gather them.

Behold, this is the man that did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give it unto thee: great and goodly cities, which thou didst not build,

lest peradventure when thou hast eaten and art full and hast built goodly houses and dwelt therein,

Though he heaps up silver as the dust and prepares raiment as the clay,

If I have made gold my hope or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?

Then Jesus, looking around, said unto his disciples, How hardly shall those that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

And he said unto them, Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesses.

Charge those that are rich in this world, that they not be highminded, not placing their hope in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;

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If I have made gold my hope or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

The rich man's wealth is his strong city and as a high wall in his imagination.

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal;