Job 27:17

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he may prepare it, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide his silver.

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  • Prov 13:22 : 22 A good person leaves an inheritance for their grandchildren, but the sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.
  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 To the person who pleases Him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, He gives the task of gathering and storing wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
  • Prov 28:8 : 8 Whoever increases his wealth by charging interest and unfair gain gathers it for one who is kind to the poor.

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  • 16Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up clothes like clay,

  • 18He builds his house like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.

  • 19The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them.

  • 1Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.

  • 4Remove the impurities from silver, and a vessel will come forth for the refiner.

  • Job 17:8-9
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    8The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent one is stirred against the godless.

    9Yet the righteous hold to their way, and those with clean hands grow stronger.

  • Job 20:18-19
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    18He will give back the fruit of his labor but will not swallow it; like the wealth of his trade, he will not enjoy it.

    19For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house he did not build.

  • Job 22:24-25
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    24and assign your gold to the dust, and the gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,

    25then the Almighty will be your gold and your precious silver.

  • 16Better is the little that the righteous have than the abundance of many wicked.

  • 22A good person leaves an inheritance for their grandchildren, but the sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.

  • 23When a scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.

  • 19They will throw their silver in the streets, and their gold will be treated as unclean. Their silver and gold will not be able to save them on the day of the LORD's wrath. They cannot satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it, for it has caused their stumbling into sin.

  • 15Or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.

  • 3A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the Lord tests hearts.

  • 7The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to act justly.

  • 17But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; justice and judgment take hold of you.

  • 19God stores up their iniquity for their children. Let him repay them so that they may experience it themselves.

  • 20A faithful man will abound in blessings, but one in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.

  • 30He will even deliver one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.

  • 7One pretends to be rich yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor yet has great wealth.

  • 23For He does not need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.

  • 27The heavens will expose his guilt, and the earth will rise up against him.

  • 9Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz—the work of the craftsman and of the goldsmith. Their clothing is blue and purple, all made by skilled workers.

  • 13This is the portion allocated by God to a wicked man, the inheritance ruthless men will receive from the Almighty:

  • 2Yet He is wise and brings disaster; He does not take back His words. He will rise against the house of evildoers and against the help of those who practice wickedness.

  • 3He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, purifying the Levites and refining them like gold and silver, so they may bring offerings to the Lord in righteousness.

  • 13We will find all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.

  • 12The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.

  • 11Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay, so is one who gains wealth by unjust means. In the middle of his life, it will desert him, and in the end, he will prove to be a fool.

  • 21The wicked person borrows and does not repay, but the righteous is gracious and gives.

  • 7If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, or what does He receive from your hand?

  • 12The wicked person plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him.

  • 23who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deny justice to the righteous!

  • 8Whoever increases his wealth by charging interest and unfair gain gathers it for one who is kind to the poor.

  • 21The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, but a person is tested by their praise.

  • Mic 6:10-11
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    10Are there still treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and dishonest measures that are detestable?

    11Shall I acquit a person with crooked scales and a bag of deceptive weights?

  • 21They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood.

  • 28Whoever trusts in his wealth will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

  • 34Is it not stored up with Me, sealed in My treasuries?

  • 27then He saw it and declared it; He established it and also examined it.

  • 7He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

  • 23For the LORD will plead their case and will rob of life those who rob them.

  • 26All day long they crave and crave, but the righteous give and do not hold back.

  • 4Riches do not profit on the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • 12The righteous one considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked down to ruin.