Thematic Bible: The perils of
Thematic Bible
earthly Riches » The perils of » Fleeting and uncertain
For to a man who is good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this is vanity and vexation of spirit.
For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.
A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, Is one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end -- he is a fool.
for nothing did we bring into the world -- it is manifest that we are able to carry nothing out;
For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.
And I have hated all my labour that I labour at under the sun, because I leave it to a man who is after me.
For riches are not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
earthly Riches » The perils of » The accumulation of, disappointing
If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing, He prepareth -- and the righteous putteth it on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.
Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, in vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.
For to a man who is good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this is vanity and vexation of spirit.
By thy wisdom and by thine understanding Thou hast made for thee wealth, And makest gold and silver in thy treasuries.
'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,
so is he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'
your gold and silver have rotted, and the rust of them for a testimony shall be to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye made treasure in the last days!
earthly Riches » The perils of » Profit not in time of trial
Even their silver, even their gold, Is not able to deliver them in a day of the wrath of Jehovah, And in the fire of His jealousy consumed is the whole land, For only a hastened end doth He make Of all the inhabitants of the land!
Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.
A man to whom God giveth wealth, and riches, and honour, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desireth, and God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
'And every shipmaster, and all the company upon the ships, and sailors, and as many as work the sea, far off stood,
earthly Riches » The perils of » Incline to forgetfulness of God
and thy herd and thy flock be multiplied, and silver and gold be multiplied to thee; and all that is thine be multiplied: 'And thy heart hath been high, and thou hast forgotten Jehovah thy God (who is bringing thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;
earthly Riches » The perils of » Endanger integrity
A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.
earthly Riches » The perils of » Subject men to powerful temptations
and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,
earthly Riches » The perils of » Hinder entrance into God's kingdom
and Jesus said to his disciples, 'Verily I say to you, that hardly shall a rich man enter into the reign of the heavens;
earthly Riches » The perils of » Beget greed
Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth -- when it increaseth -- set not the heart.
earthly Riches » The perils of » Result in barrenness of life
and the anxieties of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, and the desires concerning the other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
earthly Treasures » The perils of » Incline to forgetfulness of God
and thy herd and thy flock be multiplied, and silver and gold be multiplied to thee; and all that is thine be multiplied: 'And thy heart hath been high, and thou hast forgotten Jehovah thy God (who is bringing thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;
earthly Treasures » The perils of » Endanger integrity
A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.
earthly Treasures » The perils of » Subject men to powerful temptations
and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,
earthly Treasures » The perils of » Hinder entrance into God's kingdom
and Jesus said to his disciples, 'Verily I say to you, that hardly shall a rich man enter into the reign of the heavens;
earthly Treasures » The perils of » Beget greed
Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth -- when it increaseth -- set not the heart.
earthly Treasures » The perils of » Result in barrenness of life
and the anxieties of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, and the desires concerning the other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
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