Hosea 12:8
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8 Israel boasts, “I am rich!
I’ve made a fortune all by myself!
No one has caught me cheating!
My record is spotless!”
Revelation 3:17
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17 You say, ‘I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.
Psalm 62:10
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10 Don’t make your living by extortion
or put your hope in stealing.
And if your wealth increases,
don’t make it the center of your life.
1 Timothy 6:5
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5 These people always cause trouble. Their minds are corrupt, and they have turned their backs on the truth. To them, a show of godliness is just a way to become wealthy.
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Zechariah 11:5
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5 The buyers slaughter their sheep without remorse. The sellers say, ‘Praise the Lord! Now I’m rich!’ Even the shepherds have no compassion for them.
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Isaiah 10:13-14
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13 He boasts,
“By my own powerful arm I have done this.
With my own shrewd wisdom I planned it.
I have broken down the defenses of nations
and carried off their treasures.
I have knocked down their kings like a bull.
14 I have robbed their nests of riches
and gathered up kingdoms as a farmer gathers eggs.
No one can even flap a wing against me
or utter a peep of protest.”
Proverbs 30:20
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20 An adulterous woman consumes a man,
then wipes her mouth and says, “What’s wrong with that?”
Proverbs 30:12
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12 They are pure in their own eyes,
but they are filthy and unwashed.
Psalm 52:7
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7 “Look what happens to mighty warriors
who do not trust in God.
They trust their wealth instead
and grow more and more bold in their wickedness.”
Psalm 49:6
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6 They trust in their wealth
and boast of great riches.
Job 31:24-25
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24 “Have I put my trust in money
or felt secure because of my gold?
25 Have I gloated about my wealth
and all that I own?
Deuteronomy 8:17
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17 He did all this so you would never say to yourself, ‘I have achieved this wealth with my own strength and energy.’
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1 Timothy 6:17
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17 Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.
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Luke 16:15
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15 Then he said to them, “You like to appear righteous in public, but God knows your hearts. What this world honors is detestable in the sight of God.
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Luke 16:13
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13 “No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.”
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Luke 12:19
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19 And I’ll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
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Luke 10:29
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29 The man wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
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Malachi 3:13
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13 “You have said terrible things about me,” says the Lord.
“But you say, ‘What do you mean? What have we said against you?’
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Habakkuk 2:5-6
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5 Wealth[a] is treacherous,
and the arrogant are never at rest.
They open their mouths as wide as the grave,[b]
and like death, they are never satisfied.
In their greed they have gathered up many nations
and swallowed many peoples.
6 “But soon their captives will taunt them.
They will mock them, saying,
‘What sorrow awaits you thieves!
Now you will get what you deserve!
You’ve become rich by extortion,
but how much longer can this go on?’
Habakkuk 1:16
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16 Then they will worship their nets
and burn incense in front of them.
“These nets are the gods who have made us rich!”
they will claim.
Jeremiah 2:23
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Israel, an Unfaithful Wife
23 “You say, ‘That’s not true!
I haven’t worshiped the images of Baal!’
But how can you say that?
Go and look in any valley in the land!
Face the awful sins you have done.
You are like a restless female camel
desperately searching for a mate.
Jeremiah 2:35
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35 And yet you say,
‘I have done nothing wrong.
Surely God isn’t angry with me!’
But now I will punish you severely
because you claim you have not sinned.
Malachi 2:17
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17 You have wearied the Lord with your words.
“How have we wearied him?” you ask.
You have wearied him by saying that all who do evil are good in the Lord’s sight, and he is pleased with them. You have wearied him by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”
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