Hosea 12:8
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8 And Ephraim said,
(A)‘Surely I have become rich,
I have found wealth for myself;
In all my labors
They shall find in me no iniquity that is sin.’
Revelation 3:17
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17 Because you say, (A)‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked—
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Psalm 62:10
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10 Do not trust in oppression,
Nor vainly hope in robbery;
(A)If riches increase,
Do not set your heart on them.
1 Timothy 6:5
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5 [a]useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. [b]From (A)such withdraw yourself.
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- 1 Timothy 6:5 NU, M constant friction
- 1 Timothy 6:5 NU omits the rest of v. 5.
Zechariah 11:5
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5 whose owners slaughter them and (A)feel no guilt; those who sell them (B)say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich’; and their shepherds do (C)not pity them.
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Isaiah 10:13-14
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13 (A)For he says:
“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
And by my wisdom, for I am prudent;
Also I have removed the boundaries of the people,
And have robbed their treasuries;
So I have put down the inhabitants like a [a]valiant man.
14 (B)My hand has found like a nest the riches of the people,
And as one gathers eggs that are left,
I have gathered all the earth;
And there was no one who moved his wing,
Nor opened his mouth with even a peep.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 10:13 mighty
Proverbs 30:20
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20 This is the way of an adulterous woman:
She eats and wipes her mouth,
And says, “I have done no wickedness.”
Proverbs 30:12
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12 There is a generation (A)that is pure in its own eyes,
Yet is not washed from its filthiness.
Psalm 52:7
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7 “Here is the man who did not make God his strength,
But trusted in the abundance of his riches,
And strengthened himself in his [a]wickedness.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 52:7 Lit. desire, in evil sense
Psalm 49:6
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6 Those who (A)trust in their wealth
And boast in the multitude of their riches,
Job 31:24-25
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24 “If(A) I have made gold my hope,
Or said to fine gold, ‘You are my confidence’;
25 (B)If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great,
And because my hand had gained much;
Deuteronomy 8:17
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17 then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’
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1 Timothy 6:17
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Instructions to the Rich
17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain (A)riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things (B)to enjoy.
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Luke 16:15
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15 And He said to them, “You are those who (A)justify yourselves (B)before men, but (C)God knows your hearts. For (D)what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
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Luke 16:13
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13 (A)“No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”
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Luke 12:19
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19 And I will say to my soul, (A)“Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; (B)eat, drink, and be merry.” ’
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Luke 10:29
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29 But he, wanting to (A)justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
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Malachi 3:13
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The People Complain Harshly
13 “Your(A) words have been [a]harsh against Me,”
Says the Lord,
“Yet you say,
‘What have we spoken against You?’
Footnotes
- Malachi 3:13 Lit. strong
Habakkuk 2:5-6
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Woe to the Wicked
5 “Indeed, because he transgresses by wine,
He is a proud man,
And he does not stay at home.
Because he (A)enlarges his desire as [a]hell,
And he is like death, and cannot be satisfied,
He gathers to himself all nations
And heaps up for himself all peoples.
6 “Will not all these (B)take up a proverb against him,
And a taunting riddle against him, and say,
‘Woe to him who increases
What is not his—how long?
And to him who loads himself with [b]many pledges’?
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:5 Or Sheol
- Habakkuk 2:6 Syr., Vg. thick clay
Habakkuk 1:16
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16 Therefore (A)they sacrifice to their net,
And burn incense to their dragnet;
Because by them their share is [a]sumptuous
And their food plentiful.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:16 Lit. fat
Jeremiah 2:23
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23 “How(A) can you say, ‘I am not [a]polluted,
I have not gone after the Baals’?
See your way in the valley;
Know what you have done:
You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:23 defiled
Jeremiah 2:35
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35 (A)Yet you say, ‘Because I am innocent,
Surely His anger shall turn from me.’
Behold, (B)I will plead My case against you,
(C)Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
Malachi 2:17
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17 (A)You have wearied the Lord with your words;
Yet you say,
“In what way have we wearied Him?”
In that you say,
(B)“Everyone who does evil
Is good in the sight of the Lord,
And He delights in them,”
Or, “Where is the God of justice?”
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