Deuteronomy 8:12
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12 For when you have become full and prosperous and have built fine homes to live in,
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Proverbs 30:9
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9 For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?”
And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.
Hosea 13:5-6
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5 I took care of you in the wilderness,
in that dry and thirsty land.
6 But when you had eaten and were satisfied,
you became proud and forgot me.
Deuteronomy 32:15
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15 “But Israel[a] soon became fat and unruly;
the people grew heavy, plump, and stuffed!
Then they abandoned the God who had made them;
they made light of the Rock of their salvation.
Footnotes
- 32:15 Hebrew Jeshurun, a term of endearment for Israel.
Deuteronomy 28:47
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47 If you do not serve the Lord your God with joy and enthusiasm for the abundant benefits you have received,
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Luke 17:28
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28 “And the world will be as it was in the days of Lot. People went about their daily business—eating and drinking, buying and selling, farming and building—
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Haggai 1:4
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4 “Why are you living in luxurious houses while my house lies in ruins?
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Amos 5:11
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11 You trample the poor,
stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent.
Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses,
you will never live in them.
Though you plant lush vineyards,
you will never drink wine from them.
Jeremiah 22:14-15
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14 He says, ‘I will build a magnificent palace
with huge rooms and many windows.
I will panel it throughout with fragrant cedar
and paint it a lovely red.’
15 But a beautiful cedar palace does not make a great king!
Your father, Josiah, also had plenty to eat and drink.
But he was just and right in all his dealings.
That is why God blessed him.
Ecclesiastes 2:4
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4 I also tried to find meaning by building huge homes for myself and by planting beautiful vineyards.
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Deuteronomy 31:20
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20 For I will bring them into the land I swore to give their ancestors—a land flowing with milk and honey. There they will become prosperous, eat all the food they want, and become fat. But they will begin to worship other gods; they will despise me and break my covenant.
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Ezekiel 11:3
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3 They say to the people, ‘Is it not a good time to build houses? This city is like an iron pot. We are safe inside it like meat in a pot.[a]’
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- 11:3 Hebrew This city is the pot, and we are the meat.
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