Luke 12:21
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21 So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.”(A)
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James 5:1-3
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Warning to Rich Oppressors
5 Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you. 2 Your riches have rotted, and your clothes are moth-eaten.(A) 3 Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you, and it will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure[a] during the last days.
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- 5.3 Or will eat your flesh, since you have stored up fire
James 2:5
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5 Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?(A)
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Luke 12:33
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33 Sell your possessions and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.(A)
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Matthew 6:19-20
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Concerning Treasures
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust[a] consume and where thieves break in and steal,(A) 20 but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust[b] consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.(B)
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Revelation 2:9
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9 “I know your affliction and your poverty, even though you are rich. I know the slander on the part of those who say that they are Jews and are not but are a synagogue of Satan.(A)
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Habakkuk 2:9
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9 “Alas for you who get evil gain for your house,
setting your nest on high
to be safe from the reach of harm!”(A)
1 Timothy 6:18-19
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18 They are to do good, to be rich in good works, generous, and ready to share,(A) 19 thus storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life that really is life.
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Luke 6:24
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24 “But woe to you who are rich,
for you have received your consolation.(A)
Hosea 10:1
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Israel’s Sin and Captivity
10 Israel is a luxuriant vine
that yields its fruit.
The more his fruit increased,
the more altars he built;
as his country improved,
he improved his pillars.(A)
2 Corinthians 6:10
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10 as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing everything.
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Romans 2:5
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5 But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.(A)
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Luke 16:11
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11 If, then, you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth,[a] who will entrust to you the true riches?(A)
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- 16.11 Gk mammon
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