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Rich, The
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Psalm 73:7From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.Psalm 73:8They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.Psalm 73:9They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.Psalm 73:10So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.Psalm 73:11The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”Psalm 73:12Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree as they increase their wealth.Psalm 73:13Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.Psalm 73:14For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.Psalm 73:15If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.Psalm 73:16When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sightPsalm 73:17until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.Psalm 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.Psalm 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!Psalm 73:20Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.Psalm 73:21When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,Psalm 73:22I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.Proverbs 14:20The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.Proverbs 18:11A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.Proverbs 18:23The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.Proverbs 28:11A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,Ecclesiastes 5:14or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.Ecclesiastes 5:19Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.Ecclesiastes 5:20For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.Jeremiah 5:7“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.Jeremiah 5:8They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.Jeremiah 5:9Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?Jeremiah 5:27Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.Jeremiah 5:29Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?Jeremiah 9:23This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.Jeremiah 17:11Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”Jeremiah 22:13“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,Jeremiah 22:14who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.Jeremiah 22:15Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.Jeremiah 22:16He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 22:17“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”Jeremiah 22:18Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’Jeremiah 22:19He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.Amos 6:1Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.Amos 6:2Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?Amos 6:3You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.Amos 6:4You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.Amos 6:5You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.Amos 6:6You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.Micah 6:12For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.Matthew 19:23Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.Matthew 19:24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”Matthew 27:57When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus.Mark 10:17As Jesus started on His way, a man ran up and knelt before Him. “Good Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”Mark 10:18“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone.Mark 10:19You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”Mark 10:20“Teacher,” he replied, “all these I have kept from my youth.”Mark 10:21Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”Mark 10:22But the man was saddened by these words and went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.Mark 10:23Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”Mark 10:24And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!Mark 10:25It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”Mark 10:26They were even more astonished and said to one another, “Who then can be saved?”