Psalm 17:14
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14 from men by your hand, O Lord,
from (A)men of the world whose (B)portion is in this life.[a]
You fill their womb with treasure;[b]
they are satisfied with (C)children,
and they leave their abundance to their infants.
Footnotes
- Psalm 17:14 Or from men whose portion in life is of the world
- Psalm 17:14 Or As for your treasured ones, you fill their womb
Job 22:18
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18 Yet he filled their houses with good things—
but (A)the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
James 5:5
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5 (A)You have lived on the earth in luxury and (B)in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in (C)a day of slaughter.
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John 17:14
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14 (A)I have given them your word, and (B)the world has hated them (C)because they are not of the world, (D)just as I am not of the world.
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Luke 16:25
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25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that (A)you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.
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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 (A)for many years; relax, (B)eat, drink, be merry.”’ 20 But God said to him, (C)‘Fool! (D)This night (E)your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, (F)whose will they be?’ 21 So is the one (G)who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
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Psalm 49:17-19
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17 (A)For when he dies he will (B)carry nothing away;
his glory will not go down after him.
18 For though, while he lives, he counts himself (C)blessed
—and though you get praise when you do well for yourself—
19 his soul will (D)go to the generation of his fathers,
who will never again (E)see light.
John 15:19
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19 (A)If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because (B)you are not of the world, but I chose 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, (A)“You are from below; I am from above. (B)You are of this world; (C)I am not of this world.
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Psalm 73:12
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12 Behold, these are the wicked;
always at ease, they (A)increase in riches.
Psalm 73:3-7
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4 For they have no pangs until death;
their bodies are fat and sleek.
5 They are not in trouble as others are;
they are not (D)stricken like the rest of mankind.
6 Therefore pride is (E)their necklace;
violence covers them as (F)a garment.
7 Their (G)eyes swell out through fatness;
their hearts overflow with follies.
Psalm 39:6
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6 Surely a man (A)goes about as a shadow!
Surely for nothing[a] they are in turmoil;
man (B)heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
Footnotes
- Psalm 39:6 Hebrew Surely as a breath
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