Ecclesiastes 10:19
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Psalm 104:15
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15 and (A)wine to gladden the heart of man,
(B)oil to make his face shine
and bread to (C)strengthen man's heart.
Luke 12:19
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19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up (A)for many years; relax, (B)eat, drink, be merry.”’
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1 Peter 4:3
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3 For the time that is past (A)suffices (B)for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.
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Philippians 4:15-19
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15 And you Philippians yourselves know that (A)in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, (B)no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only. 16 Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for my needs once and again. 17 (C)Not that I seek the gift, but I seek (D)the fruit that increases to your credit.[a] 18 I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, (E)having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, (F)a fragrant offering, (G)a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. 19 And my God (H)will supply every need of yours (I)according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
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- Philippians 4:17 Or I seek the profit that accrues to your account
Isaiah 24:11
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11 (A)There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;
(B)all joy has grown dark;
the gladness of the earth is banished.
Ecclesiastes 7:11-12
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11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance,
an advantage to those who (A)see the sun.
12 For the protection of wisdom is like (B)the protection of money,
and the advantage of knowledge is that (C)wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
Psalm 112:9
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9 He has (A)distributed freely; he has given to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever;
his (B)horn is exalted in honor.
Ephesians 5:18-19
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18 And (A)do not get drunk with wine, for that is (B)debauchery, but (C)be filled with the Spirit, 19 addressing one another in (D)psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,
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Acts 11:29
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29 So the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, (A)to send relief to (B)the brothers[a] living in Judea.
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- Acts 11:29 Or brothers and sisters
Acts 2:45
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45 And (A)they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need.
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Luke 16:9
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9 And I tell you, (A)make friends for yourselves by means of (B)unrighteous wealth,[a] so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.
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Luke 8:3
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3 and (A)Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them[a] out of their means.
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- Luke 8:3 Some manuscripts him
Matthew 19:21
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21 Jesus said to him, “If you would be (A)perfect, go, (B)sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have (C)treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
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Matthew 17:27
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27 However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel.[a] Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.”
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- Matthew 17:27 Greek stater, a silver coin worth four drachmas or approximately one shekel
Daniel 5:1-12
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The Handwriting on the Wall
5 (A)King Belshazzar (B)made a great feast for a thousand of his (C)lords and drank wine in front of the thousand.
2 (D)Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that (E)the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father[a] had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem be brought, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them. 3 Then they brought in (F)the golden vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. 4 They drank wine and (G)praised the (H)gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
5 (I)Immediately (J)the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw (K)the hand as it wrote. 6 (L)Then the king's color changed, (M)and his thoughts alarmed him; (N)his limbs gave way, and (O)his knees knocked together. 7 (P)The king called loudly to bring in (Q)the enchanters, the (R)Chaldeans, and (S)the astrologers. The king declared[b] to the wise men of Babylon, (T)“Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and (U)shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.” 8 Then all the king's wise men came in, but (V)they could not read the writing or make known to the king the interpretation. 9 Then King Belshazzar was greatly (W)alarmed, and his (X)color changed, and his (Y)lords were perplexed.
10 The queen,[c] because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banqueting hall, and the queen declared, (Z)“O king, live forever! Let not your thoughts alarm you (AA)or your color change. 11 There is a man in your kingdom (AB)in whom is the spirit of the holy gods.[d] In the days of your father, (AC)light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him, and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father the king—(AD)made him chief of the magicians, (AE)enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers, 12 (AF)because an excellent spirit, knowledge, and (AG)understanding (AH)to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and (AI)solve problems were found in this Daniel, (AJ)whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.”
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- Daniel 5:2 Or predecessor; also verses 11, 13, 18
- Daniel 5:7 Aramaic answered and said; also verse 10
- Daniel 5:10 Or queen mother; twice in this verse
- Daniel 5:11 Or Spirit of the holy God
Isaiah 23:18
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18 Her merchandise and her wages will be holy to the Lord. It will not be stored or hoarded, but her merchandise will supply abundant food and fine clothing for those who dwell before the Lord.
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Ecclesiastes 7:2-6
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2 It is better to go to the house of mourning
than to go to the house of feasting,
for this is the end of all mankind,
and the living will (A)lay it to heart.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter,
(B)for by sadness of face the heart is made glad.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 It is (C)better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise
than to hear the song of fools.
6 (D)For as the crackling of (E)thorns under a pot,
so is the laughter of the fools;
this also is vanity.[a]
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- Ecclesiastes 7:6 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
Ecclesiastes 2:1-2
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The Vanity of Self-Indulgence
2 I (A)said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But behold, this also was vanity.[a] 2 I (B)said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?”
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Nehemiah 5:8
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8 and said to them, “We, as far as we are able, (A)have bought back our Jewish brothers who have been sold to the nations, but you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us!” They were silent and could not find a word to say.
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Ezra 1:6
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6 And all who were about them (A)aided them with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, with beasts, and with costly wares, besides all that was freely offered.
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2 Chronicles 24:11-14
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11 And whenever the chest was brought to the king's officers by the Levites, when they saw that there was much money in it, the king's secretary and the officer of the chief priest would come and empty the chest and take it and return it to its place. Thus they did day after day, and collected money in abundance. 12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who had charge of the work of the house of the Lord, and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the Lord, and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the Lord. 13 So those who were engaged in the work labored, and the repairing went forward in their hands, and they restored the house of God to its proper condition and strengthened it. 14 And when they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, and with it (A)were made utensils for the house of the Lord, both for the service and for the burnt offerings, and dishes for incense and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord regularly all the days of Jehoiada.
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1 Chronicles 29:2-9
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2 So I have provided for the house of my God, so far as I was able, the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, and the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, besides great quantities of (A)onyx and stones for setting, antimony, colored stones, all sorts of precious stones and marble. 3 Moreover, in addition to all that I have provided for the holy house, I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, and because of my devotion to the house of my God I give it to the house of my God: 4 (B)3,000 talents[a] of gold, of the gold of (C)Ophir, and 7,000 talents of refined silver, for overlaying the walls of the house,[b] 5 and for all the work to be done by craftsmen, gold for the things of gold and silver for the things of silver. Who then will offer willingly, consecrating himself[c] today to the Lord?”
6 Then (D)the leaders of fathers' houses made their freewill offerings, as did also the leaders of the tribes, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and (E)the officers over the king's work. 7 They gave for the service of the house of God 5,000 talents and 10,000 (F)darics[d] of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze and 100,000 talents of iron. 8 And whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the Lord, in the care of (G)Jehiel the Gershonite. 9 Then the people rejoiced because they had given willingly, for with a (H)whole heart they had offered freely to the Lord. David the king also rejoiced greatly.
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- 1 Chronicles 29:4 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
- 1 Chronicles 29:4 Septuagint; Hebrew houses
- 1 Chronicles 29:5 Or ordaining himself; Hebrew filling his hand
- 1 Chronicles 29:7 A daric was a coin weighing about 1/4 ounce or 8.5 grams
1 Chronicles 21:24
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24 But King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will buy them for the full price. I will not take for the Lord what is yours, nor offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”
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2 Samuel 13:28
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28 Then Absalom commanded his servants, “Mark when Amnon's (A)heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Do not fear; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant.”
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