Thematic Bible: The perils of
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earthly Riches » The perils of » Fleeting and uncertain
For to the person who [is] good in his eyes, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and heaping up only to give [it] to [him who is] pleasing to him. This also [is] vanity and chasing wind!
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Your eyes will {alight} on it, but there is nothing [to] it, for suddenly it will make for itself wings like an eagle and it will be exhausted [in] the heavens.
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[Like] a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay [is] one who amasses wealth without justice. In the middle of his days it will leave him, and at his end he will [prove to] be a fool."
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For we have brought nothing into the world, so that neither can we bring anything out.
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The products of his house will be carried away [like] gushing waters on the day of his wrath.
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For he sees [that] the wise die, together [with the] fool and brute they perish, and leave their wealth to the next [generation].
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So I hated all my toil with which I have toiled under the sun, for I must leave it behind to someone who will be after me.
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For riches [are] not forever, nor a crown for generation [after] generation.
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earthly Riches » The perils of » The accumulation of, disappointing
If he heaps up silver like the dust and fashions clothing like the clay, he makes [it] ready, and [the] righteous will wear [it], and [the] innocent will divide [the] silver.
Surely a man walks about as a [mere] {shadow}; surely in vain they bustle about. He heaps up [possessions] but does not know who [will] gather them [in].
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For to the person who [is] good in his eyes, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and heaping up only to give [it] to [him who is] pleasing to him. This also [is] vanity and chasing wind!
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By your wisdom and by your understanding you have gained for yourself wealth, and you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.
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"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and consuming [insect] destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
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So [is] the one who stores up treasure for himself, and who is not rich toward God!"
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Your gold and silver have become corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you, and it will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure in the last days.
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earthly Riches » The perils of » Profit not in time of trial
Moreover, their silver and their gold will not be able to save them on the day of the wrath of Yahweh. And in the fire of his zeal, the whole land shall be consumed, for a terrifying end he shall make [for] all the inhabitants of the land.
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Wealth does not profit on the day of wrath, but righteousness will deliver from death.
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God gives a man wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; yet God does not enable him to enjoy it--instead someone else ends up enjoying it. This [is] vanity--indeed, it [is] a grievous ill!
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because in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste!" And every shipmaster and {every seafarer} and sailors and all those who labor on the sea stood {far off}
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earthly Riches » The perils of » Incline to forgetfulness of God
and your herds and your flocks have multiplied, and {you have accumulated silver and gold}, and all that {you have} has multiplied, then your heart {becomes proud} and you forget Yahweh your God, {the one who brought you out} from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery,
earthly Riches » The perils of » Endanger integrity
A man of faithfulness [has] abundant blessings, but he who hurries to become rich will not go unpunished.
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earthly Riches » The perils of » Subject men to powerful temptations
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge those people into ruin and destruction.
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earthly Riches » The perils of » Hinder entrance into God's kingdom
And Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly I say to you that with difficulty a rich person will enter into the kingdom of heaven!
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earthly Riches » The perils of » Beget greed
Do not trust in extortion, and do not put vain [confidence] in robbery. If wealth increases, do not set [your] heart [on it].
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earthly Riches » The perils of » Result in barrenness of life
and the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other [things] come in [and] choke the word and it becomes unproductive.
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earthly Treasures » The perils of » Incline to forgetfulness of God
and your herds and your flocks have multiplied, and {you have accumulated silver and gold}, and all that {you have} has multiplied, then your heart {becomes proud} and you forget Yahweh your God, {the one who brought you out} from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery,
earthly Treasures » The perils of » Endanger integrity
A man of faithfulness [has] abundant blessings, but he who hurries to become rich will not go unpunished.
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earthly Treasures » The perils of » Subject men to powerful temptations
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge those people into ruin and destruction.
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earthly Treasures » The perils of » Hinder entrance into God's kingdom
And Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly I say to you that with difficulty a rich person will enter into the kingdom of heaven!
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earthly Treasures » The perils of » Beget greed
Do not trust in extortion, and do not put vain [confidence] in robbery. If wealth increases, do not set [your] heart [on it].
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earthly Treasures » The perils of » Result in barrenness of life
and the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other [things] come in [and] choke the word and it becomes unproductive.
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