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Better a poor man strong and robust, than a rich man with
wasted frame. [SIRACH 30:14]
Keeping watch over riches wastes the flesh, and the care of
wealth drives away rest. Concern for one's livelihood banishes
slumber; more than a serious illness it disturbs repose. The rich
man labors to pile up wealth, and his only rest is wanton
pleasure; The poor man toils for a meager subsistence, and if ever
he rests, he finds himself in want. The lover of gold will not be
free from sin, for he who pursues wealth is led astray by it. Many
have been ensnared by gold, though destruction lay before their
eyes; It is a stumbling block to those who are avid for it, a
snare for every fool. Happy the rich man found without fault,
who turns not aside after gain! [SIRACH 31:1-8]
While breath of life is still in you, let no man have dominion
over you. Give not to another your wealth, lest then you have to
plead with him; Far better that your children plead with you than
that you should look to their generosity. Keep control over all
your affairs; let no one tarnish your glory. When your few days
reach their limit, at the time of death distribute your
inheritance. [SIRACH 33:21-24]
A wife is her husband's richest treasure, a helpmate, a
steadying column. [SIRACH 36:24]
Offer your sweet-smelling oblation and petition, a rich
offering according to your means. [SIRACH 38:11]
Wealth out of wickedness is like a wadi in spate: like a mighty stream with lightning and thunder, Which, in its rising, rolls along the stones,
but suddenly, once and for all, comes to an end. [SIRACH 40:13-14]
But goodness will never be cut off, and justice endures
forever. Wealth or wages can make life sweet, but better than
either is finding a treasure [e.g. fear of the Lord]. [Taken from
SIRACH 40:17]
Wealth and vigor build up confidence, but better than either, fear of God.
Fear of the LORD leaves nothing wanting; he who has it need seek no other support: The fear of God is a paradise of blessings;
its canopy, all that is glorious.
[SIRACH 40:26-27]
Yet these also were godly men whose virtues have not been forgotten; Their wealth remains in their families,
their heritage with their descendants; Through God's covenant with them their family endures,
their posterity, for their sake. [SIRACH 44:10-12]
Lambs shall graze there at pasture, and kids shall eat in the
ruins of the rich. [ISA 5:17]
Then I went to the prophetess and she conceived and bore a son. The LORD said to me: Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz, for before the child knows how to call his father or mother by name, the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried off by the king of Assyria. [ISA
8:3-4]
What will you do on the day of punishment, when ruin comes from afar?
To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth, Lest it sink beneath the captive or fall beneath the slain?
For all this, his wrath is not turned back, his hand is still outstretched! [ISA
10:3-4]
"My hand has seized like a nest the riches of nations; As one
takes eggs left alone, so I took in all the earth; No one
fluttered a wing, or opened a mouth, or chirped!" [ISA 10:14]
On this mountain the LORD of hosts will provide for all peoples
A feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure,
choice wines. [ISA 25:6]
(Oracle on the Beasts of the Negeb) Through the distressed and troubled land
of the lioness and roaring lion, of the viper and flying saraph,
They carry their riches on the backs of asses
and their treasures on the humps of camels
To a people good for nothing, to Egypt whose help is futile and vain.
Therefore I call her
"Rahab quelled." [ISA 30:6-7]
He will give rain for the seed that you sow in the ground, And
the wheat that the soil produces will be rich and abundant. On
that day your cattle will graze in spacious meadows [Taken from
ISA 30:23]
That which makes her seasons lasting, the riches that save her,
are wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is her treasure.
[ISA 33:6]
I will give you treasures out of the darkness, and riches that
have been hidden away, That you may know that I am the LORD, the
God of Israel, who calls you by your name. [ISA 45:3]
Why spend your money for what is not bread; your wages for what
fails to satisfy? Heed me, and you shall eat well, you shall
delight in rich fare. [ISA 55:2]
Then you shall be radiant at what you see, your heart shall
throb and overflow, For the riches of the sea shall be emptied out
before you, the wealth of nations shall be brought to you. [ISA
60:5]
Your gates shall stand open constantly; day and night they
shall not be closed But shall admit to you the wealth of nations,
and their kings, in the vanguard. [ISA 60:11]
You yourselves shall be named priests of the LORD, ministers of
our God you shall be called. You shall eat the wealth of the
nations and boast of riches from them. [ISA 61:6]
For thus says the LORD: Lo, I will spread prosperity over her like a river, and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing torrent.
As nurslings, you shall be carried in her arms, and fondled in her lap; As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you; in Jerusalem you shall find your comfort. [ISA
66:12-13]
Their houses are as full of treachery as a bird-cage is of birds;
Therefore they grow powerful and rich, fat and sleek. They go their wicked way; justice they do not defend By advancing the claim of the fatherless or judging the cause of the poor. Shall I not punish these things? says the LORD; on a nation such as this shall I not take vengeance? [JER
5:27-29]
Thus says the LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor the strong man glory in his strength, nor the rich man glory in his
riches; But rather, let him who glories, glory in this, that in his prudence he knows me, Knows that I, the LORD, bring about
kindness, justice and uprightness on the earth; For with such am I pleased, says the LORD.
[JER 9:22-23]
The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, Engraved with
a diamond point upon the tablets of their hearts.... Your wealth
and all your treasures I will give as spoil. In recompense for all
your sins throughout your borders, You will relinquish your hold
on your heritage which I have given you. I will enslave you to
your enemies in a land that you know not: For a fire has been
kindled by my wrath that will burn forever. [Taken from JER 17:1,3-4]
A partridge that mothers a brood not her own is the man who
acquires wealth unjustly: In midlife it will desert him; in the
end he is only a fool. [JER 17:11]
For thus says the LORD: Indeed, I will deliver you to terror, you and all your friends. Your own eyes shall see them fall by the sword of their enemies. All Judah I will deliver to the king of Babylon, who shall take them captive to Babylon or slay them with the sword. All the wealth of this city, all it has toiled for and holds dear, all the treasures of the kings of Judah, I will give as plunder into the hands of their foes, who shall seize it and carry it away to Babylon.
[JER 20:4-5]
When the people of Judah in Moab, those among the Ammonites, those in Edom, and those in all other lands heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah, and had appointed over them Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, they all returned to the land of Judah from the places to which they had scattered. They went to Gedaliah at Mizpah and had a rich harvest of wine and fruit.
[JER 40:11-12]
Hence the wail of flutes for Moab is in my heart; for the men
of Kir-heres the wail of flutes is in my heart: the wealth they
acquired has perished. [JER 48:36]
Similarly, they cannot give anyone riches or coppers; if one
fails to fulfill a vow to them, they cannot exact it of him.
[BARUCH 6:34]
But there was another great eagle, great of wing, rich in
plumage; To him this vine bent its roots, sent out its branches,
That he might water it more freely than the bed where it was
planted. [EZEK 17:7]
On the first day of the... month in the eleventh year, the word of the LORD came to me: Son of man, because of what Tyre said of Jerusalem:
"Aha! it is broken, the gateway to the peoples; now that it is ruined, its wealth reverts to me!" [EZEK
26:1-2]
With your goods which you drew from the seas you filled many
peoples; With your great wealth and merchandise you enriched the
kings of the earth. [EZEK 27:33]
By your wisdom and your intelligence you have made riches for
yourself; You have put gold and silver into your treasuries. By your great wisdom applied to your trading you have heaped up
your riches; your heart has grown haughty from your riches [Taken
from EZEK 28:4-5]
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I am now giving the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. He shall carry off its riches, plundering and pillaging it for the wages of his soldiers, who did it for me; as payment for his toil I have given him the land of Egypt, says the Lord GOD. On that day I will make a horn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will cause you to speak out in their midst; thus they shall know that I am the LORD.
[EZEK 29:19-21]
Then a sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in
Ethiopia, when the slain fall in Egypt, when her riches are seized
and her foundations are overthrown. [EZEK 30:4]
For thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will look after and tend
my sheep. As a shepherd tends his flock when he finds himself
among his scattered sheep, so will I tend my sheep. I will rescue
them from every place where they were scattered when it was cloudy
and dark. I will lead them out from among the peoples and gather
them from the foreign lands; I will bring them back to their own
country and pasture them upon the mountains of Israel (in the
land's ravines and all its inhabited places). In good pastures
will I pasture them, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall
be their grazing ground. There they shall lie down on good grazing
ground, and in rich pastures shall they be pastured on the
mountains of Israel. I myself will pasture my sheep; I myself will
give them rest, says the Lord GOD.
[EZEK 34:11-15]
Now I shall tell you the truth. "Three kings of Persia are yet to come; and a fourth shall acquire the greatest riches of all. Strengthened by his riches, he shall rouse all the kingdom of Greece. But a powerful king shall appear and rule with great might, doing as he pleases. No sooner shall he appear than his kingdom shall be broken and divided in four directions under heaven; but not among his descendants or in keeping with his mighty rule, for his kingdom shall be torn to pieces and belong to others than they."
[DAN 11:2-4]
By stealth he shall enter prosperous provinces and do that
which his fathers or grandfathers never did; he shall distribute
spoil, booty, and riches among them and devise plots against their
strongholds; but only for a time. He shall call on his strength
and cleverness to meet the king of the south with a great army;
the king of the south shall prepare for battle with a very large
and strong army, but he shall not succeed because of the plots
devised against him. Even his table companions shall seek to
destroy him, his army shall be overwhelmed, and many shall fall
slain. The two kings, resolved on evil, shall sit at table
together and exchange lies, but they shall have no success,
because the appointed end is not yet. "He shall turn back
toward his land with great riches, his mind set against the holy
covenant; he shall arrange matters and return to his land. At the
time appointed he shall come again to the south, but this time it
shall not be as before."
[DAN 11:24-29]
He shall control the riches of gold and silver and all the
treasures of Egypt; Libya and Ethiopia shall be in his train. [DAN
11:43]
Joakim was very rich; he had a garden near his house, and the
Jews had recourse to him often because he was the most respected
of them all. [DAN 13:4]
Though Ephraim says, "How rich I have become; I have made
a fortune!" All his gain shall not suffice him for the guilt
of his sin. [HOSEA 12:9]
Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD,
your God. For gracious and merciful is he, slow to anger, rich in
kindness, and relenting in punishment. [JOEL 2:13]
Arise and thresh, O daughter Zion; your horn I will make iron
And your hoofs bronze, that you may crush many peoples; You shall
devote their spoils to the LORD, and their riches to the Lord of
the whole earth. [MICAH 4:13]
Hark! the LORD cries to the city. (It is wisdom to fear your
name!) Hear, O tribe and city council, You whose rich men are full
of violence, whose inhabitants speak falsehood with deceitful
tongues in their heads! Am I to bear any longer criminal hoarding
and the meager ephah that is accursed? Shall I acquit criminal
balances, bags of false weights? Rather I will begin to strike you
with devastation because of your sins. [MICAH 6:9-13]
Nineveh is like a pool whose waters escape; "Stop! Stop!" but none turns back. "Plunder the silver, plunder the gold!" There is no end to the treasure, to their wealth in precious things of every kind! [NAHUM
2:9-10]
The rash man has no integrity; but the just man, because of
his faith, shall live. Wealth, too, is treacherous: the proud,
unstable man - He who opens wide his throat like the nether world,
and is insatiable as death, Who gathers to himself all the
nations, and rallies to himself all the peoples - Shall not all
these take up a taunt against him, satire and epigrams about him,
to say: Woe to him who stores up what is not his: how long can it
last! he loads himself down with debts. [HAB 2:4-6]
At that time I will explore Jerusalem with lamps; I will
punish the men who thicken on their lees, Who say in their hearts,
"Neither good nor evil can the LORD do." Their wealth
shall be given to pillage and their houses to devastation; They
will build houses, but shall not dwell in them, plant vineyards,
but not drink their wine, Near is the great day of the LORD, near
and very swiftly coming, Hark, the day of the LORD! bitter, then,
the warrior's cry. [ZEPH 1:12-14]
And the LORD, their God, shall save them on that day, his people, like a flock.
For they are the jewels in a crown raised aloft over his land. For what wealth is theirs, and what beauty! grain that makes the youths flourish, and new wine, the maidens! [ZECH
9:16-17]
For they who buy them slay them with impunity; while those who
sell them say, "Blessed be the LORD, I have become
rich!" Even their own shepherds do not feel for them. [ZECH
11:5]
Judah also shall fight against Jerusalem. The riches of all the
surrounding nations shall be gathered together, gold, silver, and
garments, in great abundance. [ZECH 14:14]
And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying: "A
sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the
path, and birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky ground,
where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil
was not deep, and when the sun rose it was scorched, and it
withered for lack of roots. Some seed fell among thorns, and the
thorns grew up and choked it. But some seed fell on rich soil, and
produced fruit, a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold. Whoever has ears
ought to hear." [MT 13:3-9]
To anyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich;
from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away. [MT
13:12]
"Hear then the parable of the sower. The seed sown on
the path is the one who hears the word of the kingdom without
understanding it, and the evil one comes and steals away what was
sown in his heart. The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who
hears the word and receives it at once with joy. But he has no
root and lasts only for a time. When some tribulation or
persecution comes because of the word, he immediately falls away.
The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but then
worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word and it bears
no fruit. But the seed sown on rich soil is the one who hears the
word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields a
hundred or sixty or thirtyfold." [MT 13:18-23]
Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go, sell
what you have and give to (the) poor, and you will have treasure
in heaven. Then come, follow me." When the young man heard
this statement, he went away sad, for he had many possessions. Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Amen, I say to you, it
will be hard for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.
Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the
eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of
God." When the disciples heard this, they were greatly
astonished and said, "Who then can be saved?" Jesus
looked at them and said, "For human beings this is
impossible, but for God all things are possible." [MT
19:21-26]
For to everyone who has, more will be given and he will grow
rich; but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken
away. [MT 25:29]
When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who was himself a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus; then Pilate ordered it to be handed over.
[MT 27:57-58]
And he taught them at length in parables, and in the course of
his instruction he said to them, "Hear this! A sower went
out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the
birds came and ate it up. Other seed fell on rocky ground where it
had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not
deep. And when the sun rose, it was scorched and it withered for
lack of roots. Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up
and choked it and it produced no grain. And some seed fell on rich
soil and produced fruit. It came up and grew and yielded thirty,
sixty, and a hundredfold." He added, "Whoever has ears
to hear ought to hear." [MK 4:2-9]
Jesus said to them, "Do you not understand this parable?
Then how will you understand any of the parables? The sower sows
the word. These are the ones on the path where the word is sown.
As soon as they hear, Satan comes at once and takes away the word
sown in them. And these are the ones sown on rocky ground who,
when they hear the word, receive it at once with joy. But they
have no root; they last only for a time. Then when tribulation or
persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
Those sown among thorns are another sort. They are the people who
hear the word, but worldly anxiety, the lure of riches, and the
craving for other things intrude and choke the word, and it bears
no fruit. But those sown on rich soil are the ones who hear the
word and accept it and bear fruit thirty and sixty and a
hundredfold." [MK 4:13-20]
As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down
before him, and asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to
inherit eternal life?" Jesus answered him, "Why do you
call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the
commandments: 'You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery;
you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; you shall
not defraud; honor your father and your mother.'" He replied
and said to him, "Teacher, all of these I have observed from
my youth." Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him,
"You are lacking in one thing. Go, sell what you have, and
give to (the) poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then
come, follow me." At that statement his face fell, and he
went away sad, for he had many possessions. Jesus looked around
and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for those who have
wealth to enter the kingdom of God!" The disciples were
amazed at his words. So Jesus again said to them in reply,
"Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is
easier for a camel to pass through (the) eye of (a) needle than
for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God." They were
exceedingly astonished and said among themselves, "Then who
can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "For human
beings it is impossible, but not for God. All things are possible
for God."
[MK 10:17-27]
He sat down opposite the treasury and observed how the crowd
put money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. A
poor widow also came and put in two small coins worth a few cents.
Calling his disciples to himself, he said to them, "Amen, I
say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the other
contributors to the treasury. For they have all contributed from
their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed
all she had, her whole livelihood." [MK 12:41-44]
The hungry he has filled with good things; the rich he has sent
away empty. [LK 1:53]
But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your
consolation. [LK 6:24]
"This is the meaning of the parable. The seed is the
word of God. Those on the path are the ones who have heard, but
the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts that
they may not believe and be saved. Those on rocky ground are the
ones who, when they hear, receive the word with joy, but they have
no root; they believe only for a time and fall away in time of
trial. As for the seed that fell among thorns, they are the ones
who have heard, but as they go along, they are choked by the
anxieties and riches and pleasures of life, and they fail to
produce mature fruit. But as for the seed that fell on rich soil,
they are the ones who, when they have heard the word, embrace it
with a generous and good heart, and bear fruit through
perseverance." [LK 8:11-15]
Then he said to the crowd, "Take care to guard against all
greed, for though one may be rich, one's life does not consist of
possessions." Then he told them a parable. "There was a
rich man whose land produced a bountiful harvest. He asked
himself, 'What shall I do, for I do not have space to store my
harvest?' And he said, 'This is what I shall do: I shall tear down
my barns and build larger ones. There I shall store all my grain
and other goods and I shall say to myself, "Now as for you,
you have so many good things stored up for many years, rest, eat,
drink, be merry!"' But God said to him, 'You fool, this night
your life will be demanded of you; and the things you have
prepared, to whom will they belong?' Thus will it be for the one
who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich in what matters
to God." [LK 12:15-21]
Then he said to the host who invited him, "When you hold a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors, in case they may invite you back and you have repayment. Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the
righteous." [LK 14:12-14]
"I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth,
so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal
dwellings. The person who is trustworthy in very small matters
is also trustworthy in great ones; and the person who is dishonest
in very small matters is also dishonest in great ones. If,
therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth, who will
trust you with true wealth? If you are not trustworthy with what
belongs to another, who will give you what is yours? No servant
can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the
other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot
serve God and mammon." The Pharisees, who loved money,
heard all these things and sneered at him. And he said to them,
"You justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows
your hearts; for what is of human esteem is an abomination in the
sight of God." [LK 16:9-15]
"There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments
and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his
door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who would
gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich
man's table. Dogs even used to come and lick his sores. When the
poor man died, he was carried away by angels to the bosom of
Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried, and from the
netherworld, where he was in torment, he raised his eyes and saw
Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. And he cried out, 'Father
Abraham, have pity on me. Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his
finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering torment in
these flames.' Abraham replied, 'My child, remember that you
received what was good during your lifetime while Lazarus likewise
received what was bad; but now he is comforted here, whereas you
are tormented. Moreover, between us and you a great chasm is
established to prevent anyone from crossing who might wish to go
from our side to yours or from your side to ours.' He said, 'Then
I beg you, father, send him to my father's house, for I have five
brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they too come to this
place of torment.' But Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the
prophets. Let them listen to them.' He said, 'Oh no, father
Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will
repent.' Then Abraham said, 'If they will not listen to Moses and
the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should
rise from the dead.'" [LK 16:19-31]
An official asked him this question, "Good teacher, what
must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus answered him,
"Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You
know the commandments, 'You shall not commit adultery; you shall
not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness;
honor your father and your mother.'" And he replied,
"All of these I have observed from my youth." When
Jesus heard this he said to him, "There is still one thing
left for you: sell all that you have and distribute it to the
poor, and you will have a treasure in heaven. Then come, follow
me." But when he heard this he became quite sad, for he was
very rich. Jesus looked at him (now sad) and said, "How hard
it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! For
it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than
for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Those who
heard this said, "Then who can be saved?" And he said,
"What is impossible for human beings is possible for God."
[LK 18:18-27]
Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector
and also a wealthy man, was seeking to see who Jesus was; but he
could not see him because of the crowd, for he was short in
stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to
see Jesus, who was about to pass that way. When he reached the
place, Jesus looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down
quickly, for today I must stay at your house." And he came
down quickly and received him with joy. When they all saw this,
they began to grumble, saying, "He has gone to stay at the
house of a sinner." But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the
Lord, "Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to
the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone I shall
repay it four times over." And Jesus said to him,
"Today salvation has come to this house because this man too
is a descendant of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek
and to save what was lost." [LK 19:2-10]
When he looked up he saw some wealthy people putting their offerings into the treasury and he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins. He said, "I tell you truly, this poor widow put in more than all the rest; for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood."
[LK 21:1-4]
Consequently, he has mercy upon whom he wills, and he hardens
whom he wills. You will say to me then, "Why (then) does
he still find fault? For who can oppose his will?" But who
indeed are you, a human being, to talk back to God? Will what is
made say to its maker, "Why have you created me so?" Or
does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make out of the
same lump one vessel for a noble purpose and another for an
ignoble one? What if God, wishing to show his wrath and make known
his power, has endured with much patience the vessels of wrath
made for destruction? This was to make known the riches of his
glory to the vessels of mercy, which he has prepared previously
for glory, namely, us whom he has called, not only from the Jews
but also from the Gentiles. [ROM 9:18-24]
Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am the
apostle to the Gentiles, I glory in my ministry in order to make
my race jealous and thus save some of them. For if their rejection
is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be
but life from the dead? If the firstfruits are holy, so is the
whole batch of dough; and if the root is holy, so are the
branches. But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a
wild olive shoot, were grafted in their place and have come to
share in the rich root of the olive tree, do not boast against the
branches. If you do boast, consider that you do not support the
root; the root supports you. Indeed you will say, "Branches
were broken off so that I might be grafted in." That is so.
They were broken off because of unbelief, but you are there
because of faith. So do not become haughty, but stand in awe. For
if God did not spare the natural branches, (perhaps) he will not
spare you either. [ROM 11:13-21]
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!
How inscrutable are his judgments and how unsearchable his ways!
[ROM 11:33]
I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your
benefit, brothers, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond
what is written, so that none of you will be inflated with pride
in favor of one person over against another. Who confers
distinction upon you? What do you possess that you have not
received? But if you have received it, why are you boasting as if
you did not receive it? You are already satisfied; you have
already grown rich; you have become kings without us! Indeed, I
wish that you had become kings, so that we also might become kings
with you. For as I see it, God has exhibited us apostles as the
last of all, like people sentenced to death, since we have become
a spectacle to the world, to angels and human beings alike. We are
fools on Christ's account, but you are wise in Christ; we are
weak, but you are strong; you are held in honor, but we in
disrepute.
[1COR 4:6-10]
For you know the gracious act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that
for your sake he became poor although he was rich, so that by his
poverty you might become rich. [2COR 8:9]
In him we have redemption by his blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, in accord with the riches of his grace that he lavished upon us. In all wisdom and insight, he has made known to us the mystery
of his will in accord with his favor that he set forth in him as a plan for the fullness of times, to sum up all things in Christ, in heaven and on earth.
[EPH 1:7-10]
May the eyes of (your) hearts be enlightened, that you may know
what is the hope that belongs to his call, what are the riches of
glory in his inheritance among the holy ones, and what is the
surpassing greatness of his power for us who believe, in accord
with the exercise of his great might, which he worked in Christ,
raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the
heavens, far above every principality, authority, power, and
dominion, and every name that is named not only in this age but
also in the one to come. And he put all things beneath his feet
and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his
body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way.
[EPH 1:18-23]
All of us once lived among them in the desires of our flesh,
following the wishes of the flesh and the impulses, and we were by
nature children of wrath, like the rest. But God, who is rich in
mercy, because of the great love he had for us, even when we were
dead in our transgressions, brought us to life with Christ (by
grace you have been saved), raised us up with him, and seated us
with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come
he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in his kindness
to us in Christ Jesus. [EPH 2:3-7]
To me, the very least of all the holy ones, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the inscrutable riches of Christ, and to bring to light (for all)
what is the plan of the mystery hidden from ages past in God who created all things, so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the principalities and authorities
in the heavens.
[EPH 3:8-10]
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every
family in heaven and on earth is named, that he may grant you in
accord with the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power
through his Spirit in the inner self, and that Christ may dwell in
your hearts through faith; that you, rooted and grounded in love,
may have strength to comprehend with all the holy ones what is the
breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of
Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with
all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to accomplish far
more than all we ask or imagine, by the power at work within us,
to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all
generations, forever and ever. Amen. [EPH 3:14-21]
My God will fully supply whatever you need, in accord with his
glorious riches in Christ Jesus. [PHIL 4:19]
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is
lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, which is the church, of which I am a minister in accordance with God's stewardship given to me to bring to completion for you the word of God, the mystery hidden from ages and from generations past. But now it has been manifested to his holy ones,
to whom God chose to make known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; it is Christ in you, the hope for glory.
[COL 1:24-27]
For I want you to know how great a struggle I am having for you and for those in Laodicea
and all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged as they are brought together in love, to have all the richness of fully assured understanding, for the knowledge of the mystery of God, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. [COL
2:1-3]
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, as in all wisdom
you teach and admonish one another, singing psalms, hymns, and
spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. [COL 3:16]
Indeed, religion with contentment is a great gain. For we
brought nothing into the world, just as we shall not be able to
take anything out of it. If we have food and clothing, we shall be
content with that. Those who want to be rich are falling into
temptation and into a trap and into many foolish and harmful
desires, which plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love
of money is the root of all evils, and some people in their desire
for it have strayed from the faith and have pierced themselves
with many pains. [1TM 6:6-10]
Tell the rich in the present age not to be proud and not to rely on so uncertain a thing as wealth but rather on God, who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment. Tell them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, ready to share, thus accumulating as treasure a good foundation for the future, so as to win the life that is true life. [1TM
6:17-19]
Take as your norm the sound words that you heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Guard this rich trust with the help of the
Holy Spirit that dwells within us. [2TM
1:13-14]
Remind them to be under the control of magistrates and
authorities, to be obedient, to be open to every good enterprise.
They are to slander no one, to be peaceable, considerate,
exercising all graciousness toward everyone. For we ourselves were
once foolish, disobedient, deluded, slaves to various desires and
pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful ourselves and hating
one another. But when the kindness and generous love of God our
savior appeared, not because of any righteous deeds we had done
but because of his mercy, he saved us through the bath of rebirth
and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he richly poured out on us
through Jesus Christ our savior, so that we might be justified by
his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life. his saying is
trustworthy. I want you to insist on these points, that those
who have believed in God be careful to devote themselves to good
works; these are excellent and beneficial to others. Avoid
foolish arguments, genealogies, rivalries, and quarrels about the
law, for they are useless and futile. After a first and second
warning, break off contact with a heretic, realizing that such a
person is perverted and sinful and stands self-condemned. [TI 3:1-11]
By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter; he chose to be ill-treated along with the people of God rather than enjoy the fleeting pleasure of sin. He considered the reproach of the Anointed greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the recompense. [HEB
11:24-26]
The brother in lowly circumstances should take pride in his high standing, and the rich one in his lowliness, for he will pass away "like the flower of the field."
For the sun comes up with its scorching heat and dries up the grass, its flower droops, and the beauty of its appearance vanishes. So will the rich person fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
[JMS 1:9-11]
My brothers, show no partiality as you adhere to the faith in
our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. For if a man with gold rings on
his fingers and in fine clothes comes into your assembly, and a
poor person in shabby clothes also comes in, and you pay attention
to the one wearing the fine clothes and say, "Sit here,
please," while you say to the poor one, "Stand
there," or "Sit at my feet," have you not made
distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil designs? Listen, my beloved brothers. Did not God choose those
who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the
kingdom that he promised to those who love him? But you dishonored
the poor person. Are not the rich oppressing you? And do they
themselves not haul you off to court? Is it not they who blaspheme
the noble name that was invoked over you? However, if you fulfill
the royal law according to the scripture, "You shall love
your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well. But if you
show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as
transgressors. For whoever keeps the whole law, but falls short in
one particular, has become guilty in respect to all of it. For he
who said, "You shall not commit adultery," also said,
"You shall not kill." Even if you do not commit adultery
but kill, you have become a transgressor of the law. So speak and
so act as people who will be judged by the law of freedom. For
the judgment is merciless to one who has not shown mercy; mercy
triumphs over judgment.
[JMS 2:1-13]
Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending
miseries. Your wealth has rotted away, your clothes have become
moth-eaten, your gold and silver have corroded, and that corrosion
will be a testimony against you; it will devour your flesh like a
fire. You have stored up treasure for the last days. Behold, the
wages you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are
crying aloud, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the
ears of the Lord of hosts. You have lived on earth in luxury and
pleasure; you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.
You have condemned; you have murdered the righteous one; he offers
you no resistance. [JMS 5:1-6]
For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your
faith with virtue, virtue with knowledge, knowledge with
self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with
devotion, devotion with mutual affection, mutual affection with
love. If these are yours and increase in abundance, they will keep
you from being idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord
Jesus Christ. Anyone who lacks them is blind and shortsighted,
forgetful of the cleansing of his past sins. Therefore,
brothers, be all the more eager to make your call and election
firm, for, in doing so, you will never stumble. For, in this way,
entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ
will be richly provided for you. [2PT 1:5-11]
"To the angel of the church in Smyrna, write this: 'The first and the last, who once died but came to life, says
this: "I know your tribulation and poverty, but you are rich.
I know the slander of those who claim to be Jews and are not, but rather are members of the assembly of Satan.'
[RV 2:8-9]
"To the angel of the church in Laodicea, write this: 'The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the source of
God's creation, says this: "I know your works; I know that
you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either cold or
hot. So, because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I will
spit you out of my mouth. For you say, 'I am rich and affluent
and have no need of anything,' and yet do not realize that you are
wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. I advise you to buy
from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich, and white
garments to put on so that your shameful nakedness may not be
exposed, and buy ointment to smear on your eyes so that you may
see. Those whom I love, I reprove and chastise. Be earnest,
therefore, and repent."'" [RV 3:14-19]
I looked again and heard the voices of many angels who surrounded the throne and the living creatures and the elders. They were countless
in number, and they cried out in a loud voice: "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches, wisdom and
strength, honor and glory and blessing." [RV 5:11-12]
Then I watched while he broke open the sixth seal, and there
was a great earthquake; the sun turned as black as dark sackcloth
and the whole moon became like blood. The stars in the sky fell to
the earth like unripe figs shaken loose from the tree in a
strong wind. Then the sky was divided like a torn scroll curling
up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place. The
kings of the earth, the nobles, the military officers, the rich,
the powerful, and every slave and free person hid themselves in
caves and among mountain crags. They cried out to the mountains
and the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of the
one who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, because
the great day of their wrath has come and who can withstand
it?" [RV 6:12-17]
Then I saw another beast come up out of the earth; it had two
horns like a lamb's but spoke like a dragon. It wielded all the
authority of the first beast in its sight and made the earth and
its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound had
been healed. It performed great signs, even making fire come down
from heaven to earth in the sight of everyone. It deceived the
inhabitants of the earth with the signs it was allowed to perform
in the sight of the first beast, telling them to make an image for
the beast who had been wounded by the sword and revived. It was
then permitted to breathe life into the beast's image, so that the
beast's image could speak and (could) have anyone who did not
worship it put to death. It forced all the people, small and
great, rich and poor, free and slave, to be given a stamped image
on their right hands or their foreheads, so that no one could buy
or sell except one who had the stamped image of the beast's name
or the number that stood for its name. Wisdom is needed here;
one who understands can calculate the number of the beast, for it
is a number that stands for a person. His number is six hundred
and sixty-six. [RV 13:11-18]
"In one hour this great wealth has been ruined." Every
captain of a ship, every traveler at sea, sailors, and seafaring
merchants stood at a distance and cried out when they saw the
smoke of her pyre, "What city could compare with the great
city?" They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping
and mourning: "Alas, alas, great city, in which all who had
ships at sea grew rich from her wealth. In one hour she has been
ruined. Rejoice over her, heaven, you holy ones, apostles, and prophets.
For God has judged your case against her." [RV 18:17-20]
I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God
almighty and the Lamb. The city had no need of sun or moon to
shine on it, for the glory of God gave it light, and its lamp was
the Lamb. The nations will walk by its light, and to it the
kings of the earth will bring their treasure. During the day its
gates will never be shut, and there will be no night there. The
treasure and wealth of the nations will be brought there, but
nothing unclean will enter it, nor any (one) who does abominable
things or tells lies. Only those will enter whose names are
written in the Lamb's book of life. [RV 21:22-27]
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