(A)Do not weary yourself to gain wealth;
[a](B)Stop dwelling on it.

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  1. Proverbs 23:4 Lit Refrain from your understanding of it

Saying 8

Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
    do not trust your own cleverness.

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21 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be [a]complete, go and (A)sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have (B)treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

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  1. Matthew 19:21 Or perfect

21 Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect,(A) go, sell your possessions and give to the poor,(B) and you will have treasure in heaven.(C) Then come, follow me.”

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21 Such is the one who (A)stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich in relation to God.”

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21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”(A)

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33 (A)Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves money belts that do not wear out, (B)an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor does a moth destroy.

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33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor.(A) Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven(B) that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.(C)

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22 Now when Jesus heard this, He said to him, “One thing you still lack; (A)sell all that you possess and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have (B)treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

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22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor,(A) and you will have treasure in heaven.(B) Then come, follow me.”

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(A)But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and (B)a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For (C)the love of money is a root of all [a]sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have (D)wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many [b]griefs.

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  1. 1 Timothy 6:10 Lit the evils
  2. 1 Timothy 6:10 Lit pains

Those who want to get rich(A) fall into temptation and a trap(B) and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money(C) is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith(D) and pierced themselves with many griefs.(E)

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Make sure that your character is (A)free from the love of money, (B)being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “(C)I will never desert you, nor will I ever abandon you,”

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Keep your lives free from the love of money(A) and be content with what you have,(B) because God has said,

“Never will I leave you;
    never will I forsake you.”[a](C)

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  1. Hebrews 13:5 Deut. 31:6

(A)Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten.

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Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.(A)

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