Proverbs 18:11
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11 The wealth of the rich is their strong city;
in their imagination it is like a high wall.(A)
Proverbs 10:15
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15 The wealth of the rich is their fortress;
the poverty of the poor is their ruin.(A)
Ecclesiastes 7:12
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12 For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money,
and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to the one who possesses it.
Luke 12:19-21
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19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’(A) 20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’(B) 21 So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.”(C)
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Psalm 52:5-7
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5 But God will break you down forever;
he will snatch and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah(A)
6 The righteous will see and fear
and will laugh at the evildoer,[a] saying,(B)
7 “See the one who would not take
refuge in God
but trusted in abundant riches
and sought refuge in wealth!”[b](C)
Psalm 49:6-9
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6 those who trust in their wealth
and boast of the abundance of their riches?(A)
7 Truly, no ransom avails for one’s life;[a]
there is no price one can give to God for it.(B)
8 For the ransom of life is costly
and can never suffice,(C)
9 that one should live on forever
and never see the Pit.(D)
Footnotes
- 49.7 Or no one can ransom a brother
Job 31:24-25
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24 “If I have made gold my trust
or called fine gold my confidence,(A)
25 if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great
or because my hand had gotten much,(B)
Deuteronomy 32:31
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Footnotes
- 32.31 Gk: Heb judges
Proverbs 11:4
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4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
but righteousness delivers from death.(A)
Psalm 62:10-11
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10 Put no confidence in extortion,
and set no vain hopes on robbery;
if riches increase, do not set your heart on them.(A)
11 Once God has spoken;
twice have I heard this:
that power belongs to God,(B)
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