Proverbs 1:19
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19 (A)Such are the ways of everyone who is (B)greedy for unjust gain;
(C)it takes away the life of its possessors.
Proverbs 15:16
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16 (A)Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure and trouble with it.
Proverbs 23:4
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Proverbs 28:20
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20 A faithful man will abound with blessings,
but whoever hastens to be rich (A)will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 28:22
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:22 Hebrew A man whose eye is evil
Proverbs 28:25
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Proverbs 30:7-9
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7 Two things I ask of you;
deny them not to me (A)before I die:
8 Remove far from me falsehood and lying;
give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with the food that is (B)needful for me,
9 lest I be (C)full and (D)deny you
and say, (E)“Who is the Lord?”
or lest I be poor and steal
(F)and profane the name of my God.
Mark 7:20-22
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Colossians 3:5
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5 (A)Put to death therefore (B)what is earthly in you:[a] (C)sexual immorality, impurity, (D)passion, evil desire, and covetousness, (E)which is idolatry.
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- Colossians 3:5 Greek therefore your members that are on the earth
James 4:13-14
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Boasting About Tomorrow
13 Come now, you who say, (A)“Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For (B)you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
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Luke 8:14
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14 And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but (A)as they go on their way they are choked by the (B)cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.
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1 Timothy 6:9-10
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9 But (A)those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, (B)into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that (C)plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of (D)all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
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1 Timothy 6:17-18
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17 As for the rich in (A)this present age, charge them (B)not to be haughty, nor (C)to set their hopes on (D)the uncertainty of riches, but on God, (E)who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. 18 They are to do good, (F)to be rich in good works, to be generous and (G)ready to share,
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Matthew 6:19-20
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Lay Up Treasures in Heaven
19 (A)“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where (B)moth and rust[a] destroy and where thieves (C)break in and steal, 20 (D)but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
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- Matthew 6:19 Or worm; also verse 20
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