Proverbs 30:8-9
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Deuteronomy 8:10-14
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10 When you have eaten and are satisfied,(A) praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you. 11 Be careful that you do not forget(B) the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day. 12 Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down,(C) 13 and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, 14 then your heart will become proud and you will forget(D) the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
Deuteronomy 32:15
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Nehemiah 9:25-26
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25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land;(A) they took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things,(B) wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. They ate to the full and were well-nourished;(C) they reveled in your great goodness.(D)
26 “But they were disobedient and rebelled against you; they turned their backs on your law.(E) They killed(F) your prophets,(G) who had warned them in order to turn them back to you; they committed awful blasphemies.(H)
Hosea 13:6
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Proverbs 23:4
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Saying 8
4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
do not trust your own cleverness.
John 6:26-27
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26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me,(A) not because you saw the signs(B) I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures(C) to eternal life,(D) which the Son of Man(E) will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal(F) of approval.”
James 5:5
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5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves(A) in the day of slaughter.[a](B)
Footnotes
- James 5:5 Or yourselves as in a day of feasting
Haggai 1:3-5
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3 Then the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai:(A) 4 “Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses,(B) while this house remains a ruin?(C)”
5 Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought(D) to your ways.
Matthew 23:25
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25 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish,(A) but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.(B)
Luke 16:19-21
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The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.(A) 20 At his gate was laid a beggar(B) named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table.(C) Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
1 Timothy 6:8-9
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8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.(A) 9 Those who want to get rich(B) fall into temptation and a trap(C) and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
Leviticus 19:13
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13 “‘Do not defraud or rob(A) your neighbor.(B)
“‘Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker(C) overnight.(D)
Deuteronomy 24:12-15
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12 If the neighbor is poor, do not go to sleep with their pledge(A) in your possession. 13 Return their cloak by sunset(B) so that your neighbor may sleep in it.(C) Then they will thank you, and it will be regarded as a righteous act in the sight of the Lord your God.(D)
14 Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.(E) 15 Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor(F) and are counting on it.(G) Otherwise they may cry to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.(H)
Proverbs 22:16
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16 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.
Isaiah 1:23
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Jeremiah 22:13
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Micah 6:12
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Malachi 3:5
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5 “So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers,(A) adulterers(B) and perjurers,(C) against those who defraud laborers of their wages,(D) who oppress the widows(E) and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners(F) among you of justice, but do not fear(G) me,” says the Lord Almighty.
James 2:6
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6 But you have dishonored the poor.(A) Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?(B)
James 5:4
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4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers(A) who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries(B) of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.(C)
Job 31:24
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Job 31:25
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Job 31:28
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Psalm 52:7
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