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 as a shadow, doth every man wander, Surely in vain, do they bustle about, he heapeth things up, and knoweth not who shall gather them in.

Lo! the man who made not God his refuge, - But trusted in the abundance of his riches, Emboldened himself in his wealth!

So shall it be, when Yahweh thy God shall bring thee into the land, which he sware to thy fathers - to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob to give unto thee, - into cities great and goodly, which thou didst not build;

lest thou eat, and be satisfied, - and goodly houses, thou build and inhabit;

Though he heap up silver like, dust, and, like a pile, he prepare clothing,

If I made gold my stay, and, to precious metal, said, My confidence!

For, what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and be made to forfeit his life?

And, looking around, Jesus saith unto his disciples - With what difficulty, shall, they who have money, enter, into the kingdom of God!

And he said unto them - Mind and be guarding yourselves from all covetousness; for not, in one's abundance, doth his life spring out of his possessions.

Upon them who are rich in the present age, lay thou charge - not to be high-minded, nor to have set their hope on, riches', uncertainty, - but on God, who offereth us all things richly for enjoying,

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If I made gold my stay, and, to precious metal, said, My confidence!

The substance of a rich man, is his strong city, and like a high wall, in his imagination.

Vanity of vanities! saith the Proclaimer, vanity of vanities! all, is vanity.

Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig through and steal;