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

Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, in vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

'Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'

And it hath been, when Jehovah thy God doth bring thee in unto the land which He hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to thee -- cities great and good, which thou hast not built,

lest thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited;

If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,

If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, 'My trust,'

for what shall it profit a man, if he may gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

And Jesus having looked round, saith to his disciples, 'How hardly shall they who have riches enter into the reign of God!'

And he said unto them, 'Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

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If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, 'My trust,'

The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.

Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, Vanity of vanities: the whole is vanity.

'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,