Psalm 17:14
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14 from mortals—by your hand, O Lord—
from mortals whose portion in life is in this world.
May their bellies be filled with what you have stored up for them;
may their children have more than enough;
may they leave something over to their little ones.(A)
Job 22:18
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18 Yet he filled their houses with good things—
but the plans of the wicked are repugnant to me.(A)
James 5:5
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5 You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.(A)
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John 17:14
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14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.(A)
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Luke 16:25
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25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus in like manner evil things, but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.(A)
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Luke 16:8
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8 And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly, for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.(A)
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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 49:17-19
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17 For when they die they will carry nothing away;
their wealth will not go down after them.(A)
18 Though in their lifetime they count themselves happy
—for you are praised when you do well for yourself—(B)
19 they[a] will go to the company of their ancestors,
who will never again see the light.(C)
Footnotes
- 49.19 Cn: Heb you
John 15:19
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19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
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John 8:23
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23 He said to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are from this world, I am not from this world.(A)
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Psalm 73:12
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12 Such are the wicked;
always at ease, they increase in riches.(A)
Psalm 73:3-7
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3 For I was envious of the arrogant;
I saw the prosperity of the wicked.(A)
4 For they have no pain;
their bodies are sound and sleek.
5 They are not in trouble as others are;
they are not plagued like other people.(B)
6 Therefore pride is their necklace;
violence covers them like a garment.(C)
7 Their eyes swell out with fatness;
their hearts overflow with follies.(D)
Psalm 39:6
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6 Surely everyone goes about like a shadow.
Surely for nothing they are in turmoil;
they heap up and do not know who will gather.(A)
Job 27:14-17
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14 If their children are multiplied, it is for the sword,
and their offspring have not enough to eat.(A)
15 Those who survive them the pestilence buries,
and their widows make no lamentation.(B)
16 Though they heap up silver like dust
and pile up clothing like clay,(C)
17 they may pile it up, but the just will wear it,
and the innocent will divide the silver.(D)
Job 21:21
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21 For what do they care for their household after them,
when the number of their months is cut off?
Job 21:7-15
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7 Why do the wicked live on,
reach old age, and grow mighty in power?(A)
8 Their children are established in their presence
and their offspring before their eyes.(B)
9 Their houses are safe from fear,
and no rod of God is upon them.(C)
10 Their bull breeds without fail;
their cow calves and never miscarries.(D)
11 They send out their little ones like a flock,
and their children dance around.
12 They sing to the tambourine and the lyre
and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.(E)
13 They spend their days in prosperity,
and in peace they go down to Sheol.(F)
14 They say to God, ‘Leave us alone!
We do not desire to know your ways.(G)
15 What is the Almighty,[a] that we should serve him?
And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’(H)
Footnotes
- 21.15 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Job 12:9
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9 Who among all these does not know
that the hand of the Lord has done this?(A)
Job 12:6
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6 The tents of robbers are at peace,
and those who provoke God are secure,
who bring their god in their hands.[a](A)
Footnotes
- 12.6 Or whom God brought forth by his hand; meaning of Heb uncertain
1 John 4:4-5
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4 Little children, you are from God and have conquered them, for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 5 They are from the world; therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them.
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Luke 16:27-28
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27 He said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house— 28 for I have five brothers—that he may warn them, so that they will not also come into this place of torment.’
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Matthew 13:44
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44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and reburied; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.(A)
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Proverbs 2:4
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4 if you seek it like silver
and search for it as for hidden treasures—(A)
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