Proverbs 18:11
English Standard Version
11 (A)A rich man's wealth is his strong city,
and like a high wall in his imagination.
Proverbs 18:11
New International Version
11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;(A)
they imagine it a wall too high to scale.
Proverbs 10:15
English Standard Version
15 (A)A rich man's wealth is his strong city;
the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
Proverbs 10:15
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 7:12
English Standard Version
12 For the protection of wisdom is like (A)the protection of money,
and the advantage of knowledge is that (B)wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
Ecclesiastes 7:12
New International Version
12 Wisdom is a shelter
as money is a shelter,
but the advantage of knowledge is this:
Wisdom preserves those who have it.
Luke 12:19-21
English Standard Version
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.”’ 20 But God said to him, (C)‘Fool! (D)This night (E)your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, (F)whose will they be?’ 21 So is the one (G)who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
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Luke 12:19-21
New International Version
19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’
20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool!(A) This very night your life will be demanded from you.(B) Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’(C)
21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”(D)
Psalm 52:5-7
English Standard Version
5 But God will break you down forever;
he will snatch and (A)tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from (B)the land of the living. Selah
6 The righteous shall (C)see and fear,
and shall (D)laugh at him, saying,
7 “See the man who would not make
God his refuge,
but (E)trusted in the abundance of his riches
and sought refuge in his own destruction!”[a]
Footnotes
- Psalm 52:7 Or in his work of destruction
Psalm 52:5-7
New International Version
5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He will snatch you up and pluck(A) you from your tent;
he will uproot(B) you from the land of the living.(C)
6 The righteous will see and fear;
they will laugh(D) at you, saying,
7 “Here now is the man
who did not make God his stronghold(E)
but trusted in his great wealth(F)
and grew strong by destroying others!”
Psalm 49:6-9
English Standard Version
6 those who (A)trust in their wealth
and boast of the abundance of their riches?
7 Truly no man (B)can ransom another,
or (C)give to God (D)the price of his life,
8 for (E)the ransom of their life is costly
and can never suffice,
9 that he should live on forever
and (F)never see the pit.
Psalm 49:6-9
New International Version
Job 31:24-25
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Deuteronomy 32:31
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Deuteronomy 32:31
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Proverbs 11:4
English Standard Version
Proverbs 11:4
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Psalm 62:10-11
New International Version
10 Do not trust in extortion(A)
or put vain hope in stolen goods;(B)
though your riches increase,
do not set your heart on them.(C)
11 One thing God has spoken,
two things I have heard:
“Power belongs to you, God,(D)
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