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

In fact, people walk around as shadows. Surely, they busy themselves for nothing, heaping up possessions but not knowing who will get them.

"Look, here is a young man who refused to make God his strength; instead, he trusted in his great wealth and made his wickedness his strength.

"When the LORD your God brings you to the land that he promised to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, he will give you large and beautiful cities that you didn't build,

Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you have built beautiful houses and lived in them,

"Though he hoards silver like dust, and stores away garments like clay,

"If I've put my confidence in gold, if I've told gold, "You're my security,'

What profit will a person have if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life?

Then Jesus looked around and told his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!"

Then he told them, "Be careful to guard yourselves against every kind of greed, because a person's life doesn't consist of the amount of possessions he has."

Tell those who are rich in this age not to be arrogant and not to place their confidence in anything as uncertain as riches. Instead, let them place their confidence in God, who lavishly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

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"If I've put my confidence in gold, if I've told gold, "You're my security,'

The wealth of a rich person is his fortified city; in his own imagination, it is like a high wall.

"Utterly pointless," says the Teacher. "Absolutely pointless; everything is pointless."

"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.