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

Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

Behold the man that made not God his strength, but put confidence in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his avarice.

And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into the land which he swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee: great and good cities which thou buildedst not,

lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built and inhabited fine houses,

Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;

If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!

For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?

And Jesus looking around says to his disciples, How difficultly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for it is not because a man is in abundance that his life is in his possessions.

Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment;

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If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own 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 spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;