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Ecclesiastes 5:11
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Ecclesiastes 5:11
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11 The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what good is wealth—except perhaps to watch it slip through your fingers!
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Ecclesiastes 5:11
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Ecclesiastes 5:11
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11 As goods increase,
so do those who consume them.
And what benefit are they to the owners
except to feast their eyes on them?
1 John 2:16
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1 John 2:16
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16 For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.
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1 John 2:16
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1 John 2:16
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16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh,(A) the lust of the eyes,(B) and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.
Habakkuk 2:13
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Habakkuk 2:13
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13 Has not the Lord of Heaven’s Armies promised
that the wealth of nations will turn to ashes?
They work so hard,
but all in vain!
Habakkuk 2:13
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Habakkuk 2:13
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Proverbs 23:5
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Proverbs 23:5
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5 In the blink of an eye wealth disappears,
for it will sprout wings
and fly away like an eagle.
Proverbs 23:5
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Proverbs 23:5
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Psalm 119:36-37
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Psalm 119:36-37
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36 Give me an eagerness for your laws
rather than a love for money!
37 Turn my eyes from worthless things,
and give me life through your word.[a]
Footnotes
- 119:37 Some manuscripts read in your ways.
Psalm 119:36-37
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Psalm 119:36-37
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- Psalm 119:37 Two manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Dead Sea Scrolls; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text life in your way
Ecclesiastes 6:9
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Ecclesiastes 6:9
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9 Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 6:9
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Ecclesiastes 6:9
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9 Better what the eye sees
than the roving of the appetite.
This too is meaningless,
a chasing after the wind.(A)
Ecclesiastes 11:9
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Ecclesiastes 11:9
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9 Young people,[a] it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do.
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- 11:9 Hebrew Young man.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
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Ecclesiastes 11:9
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9 You who are young, be happy while you are young,
and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.
Follow the ways of your heart
and whatever your eyes see,
but know that for all these things
God will bring you into judgment.(A)
Nehemiah 5:17-18
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Nehemiah 5:17-18
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17 I asked for nothing, even though I regularly fed 150 Jewish officials at my table, besides all the visitors from other lands! 18 The provisions I paid for each day included one ox, six choice sheep or goats, and a large number of poultry. And every ten days we needed a large supply of all kinds of wine. Yet I refused to claim the governor’s food allowance because the people already carried a heavy burden.
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Nehemiah 5:17-18
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Nehemiah 5:17-18
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17 Furthermore, a hundred and fifty Jews and officials ate at my table, as well as those who came to us from the surrounding nations. 18 Each day one ox, six choice sheep and some poultry(A) were prepared for me, and every ten days an abundant supply of wine of all kinds. In spite of all this, I never demanded the food allotted to the governor, because the demands were heavy on these people.
1 Kings 5:13-16
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1 Kings 5:13-16
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13 Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel. 14 He sent them to Lebanon in shifts, 10,000 every month, so that each man would be one month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of this labor force. 15 Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers, 80,000 quarry workers in the hill country, 16 and 3,600[a] foremen to supervise the work.
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1 Kings 5:13-16
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1 Kings 5:13-16
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13 King Solomon conscripted laborers(A) from all Israel—thirty thousand men. 14 He sent them off to Lebanon in shifts of ten thousand a month, so that they spent one month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram(B) was in charge of the forced labor. 15 Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills, 16 as well as thirty-three hundred[a] foremen(C) who supervised the project and directed the workers.
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- 1 Kings 5:16 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Chron. 2:2,18) thirty-six hundred
Joshua 7:21-25
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Joshua 7:21-25
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21 Among the plunder I saw a beautiful robe from Babylon,[a] 200 silver coins,[b] and a bar of gold weighing more than a pound.[c] I wanted them so much that I took them. They are hidden in the ground beneath my tent, with the silver buried deeper than the rest.”
22 So Joshua sent some men to make a search. They ran to the tent and found the stolen goods hidden there, just as Achan had said, with the silver buried beneath the rest. 23 They took the things from the tent and brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites. Then they laid them on the ground in the presence of the Lord.
24 Then Joshua and all the Israelites took Achan, the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, tent, and everything he had, and they brought them to the valley of Achor. 25 Then Joshua said to Achan, “Why have you brought trouble on us? The Lord will now bring trouble on you.” And all the Israelites stoned Achan and his family and burned their bodies.
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Joshua 7:21-25
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Joshua 7:21-25
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21 When I saw in the plunder(A) a beautiful robe from Babylonia,[a] two hundred shekels[b] of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels,[c] I coveted(B) them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and there it was, hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath. 23 They took the things from the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites and spread them out before the Lord.
24 Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the gold bar, his sons(C) and daughters, his cattle, donkeys and sheep, his tent and all that he had, to the Valley of Achor.(D) 25 Joshua said, “Why have you brought this trouble(E) on us? The Lord will bring trouble on you today.”
Then all Israel stoned him,(F) and after they had stoned the rest, they burned them.(G)
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- Joshua 7:21 Hebrew Shinar
- Joshua 7:21 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
- Joshua 7:21 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams
Genesis 13:5-7
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Genesis 13:5-7
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5 Lot, who was traveling with Abram, had also become very wealthy with flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and many tents. 6 But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together. 7 So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)
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Genesis 13:5-7
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Genesis 13:5-7
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5 Now Lot,(A) who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. 6 But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together.(B) 7 And quarreling(C) arose between Abram’s herders and Lot’s. The Canaanites(D) and Perizzites(E) were also living in the land(F) at that time.
Genesis 13:2
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Genesis 13:2
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2 (Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.)
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Genesis 13:2
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Genesis 13:2
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Genesis 12:16
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Genesis 12:16
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16 Then Pharaoh gave Abram many gifts because of her—sheep, goats, cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.
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Genesis 12:16
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Genesis 12:16
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16 He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.(A)
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