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

Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself

And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land which he gave his oath to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, that he would give you; with great and fair towns which were not of your building;

And when you have taken food and are full, and have made fair houses for yourselves and are living in them;

Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing;

If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;

What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life?

And Jesus, looking round about, said to his disciples, How hard it is for those who have wealth to come into the kingdom of God!

And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.

Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;

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If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;

The property of a man of wealth is his strong town, and it is as a high wall in the thoughts of his heart.

All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.

Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.