Proverbs 21:20
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20 The wise have wealth and luxury,
but fools spend whatever they get.
Matthew 25:3-4
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3 The five who were foolish didn’t take enough olive oil for their lamps, 4 but the other five were wise enough to take along extra oil.
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Psalm 112:3
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3 They themselves will be wealthy,
and their good deeds will last forever.
Ecclesiastes 7:11
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11 Wisdom is even better when you have money.
Both are a benefit as you go through life.
Ecclesiastes 5:19
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19 And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God and the good health to enjoy it. To enjoy your work and accept your lot in life—this is indeed a gift from God.
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Proverbs 10:22
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22 The blessing of the Lord makes a person rich,
and he adds no sorrow with it.
Proverbs 15:6
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6 There is treasure in the house of the godly,
but the earnings of the wicked bring trouble.
Psalm 23:5
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5 You prepare a feast for me
in the presence of my enemies.
You honor me by anointing my head with oil.
My cup overflows with blessings.
Luke 16:1
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Parable of the Shrewd Manager
16 Jesus told this story to his disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a manager handling his affairs. One day a report came that the manager was wasting his employer’s money.
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Luke 15:14
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14 About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve.
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Luke 6:45
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45 A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.
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Matthew 25:8
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8 Then the five foolish ones asked the others, ‘Please give us some of your oil because our lamps are going out.’
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Matthew 6:19-20
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Teaching about Money and Possessions
19 “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.
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Jeremiah 41:8
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8 The other ten had talked Ishmael into letting them go by promising to bring him their stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey that they had hidden away.
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Ecclesiastes 10:19
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19 A party gives laughter,
wine gives happiness,
and money gives everything!
Job 20:18
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18 They will give back everything they worked for.
Their wealth will bring them no joy.
Job 20:15
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15 They will vomit the wealth they swallowed.
God won’t let them keep it down.
Luke 16:19-25
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Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
19 Jesus said, “There was a certain rich man who was splendidly clothed in purple and fine linen and who lived each day in luxury. 20 At his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus who was covered with sores. 21 As Lazarus lay there longing for scraps from the rich man’s table, the dogs would come and lick his open sores.
22 “Finally, the poor man died and was carried by the angels to sit beside Abraham at the heavenly banquet.[a] The rich man also died and was buried, 23 and he went to the place of the dead.[b] There, in torment, he saw Abraham in the far distance with Lazarus at his side.
24 “The rich man shouted, ‘Father Abraham, have some pity! Send Lazarus over here to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. I am in anguish in these flames.’
25 “But Abraham said to him, ‘Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish.
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