Psalms 62:10

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Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.

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  • Ps 52:7 : 7 But God will tear you down forever; He will snatch and uproot you from your tent and dislodge you from the land of the living. Selah.
  • Isa 30:12 : 12 Therefore, this is what the Holy One of Israel says: 'Because you have rejected this message and relied on oppression and deceit, leaning on them for support—'
  • Isa 47:10 : 10 You felt secure in your wickedness and said, 'No one sees me.' Your wisdom and your knowledge have led you astray, and you said in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me.'
  • Isa 59:4 : 4 No one calls for justice, and no one pleads with integrity. They rely on empty words and speak lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
  • Isa 61:8 : 8 For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery and wrongdoing. In truth, I will faithfully reward them and make an everlasting covenant with them.
  • Jer 13:25 : 25 This is your lot, the portion measured for you from Me,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
  • Jer 17:11 : 11 Like 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.
  • Ps 91:14 : 14 "Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; I will set him on high because he knows My name.
  • Prov 23:5 : 5 Will you fix your eyes on wealth only for it to vanish? For it makes itself wings and flies away like an eagle toward the heavens.
  • Isa 28:15 : 15 Because you have said, 'We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have made an agreement. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, it will not reach us, for we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.'
  • Deut 6:10-12 : 10 When the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—to give to you, with cities great and good that you did not build, 11 with houses full of every good thing that you did not fill, wells that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—when you eat and are satisfied. 12 Be careful not to forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  • Deut 8:12-14 : 12 Otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built fine houses and settled in them, 13 When your herds and flocks have multiplied, and your silver and gold have increased, and all that you have has multiplied, 14 then your heart may grow proud, and you might forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  • Job 20:19 : 19 For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house he did not build.
  • Job 20:29 : 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the inheritance decreed for him by the Almighty.
  • Job 27:16-23 : 16 Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up clothes like clay, 17 he may prepare it, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide his silver. 18 He builds his house like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman. 19 The rich man lies down, but he will not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is no more. 20 Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a storm sweeps him away. 21 The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. 22 It hurls itself against him without mercy; he flees desperately from its power. 23 It claps its hands at him and hisses at him as he is driven away from his place.
  • Job 31:24-25 : 24 If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my security, 25 if I rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had obtained much,
  • Ps 39:6 : 6 Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.
  • Ps 49:6 : 6 Why should I fear in evil days, when iniquity surrounds me, at my heels?
  • Mark 10:23 : 23 Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, 'How hard it is for the wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!'
  • Luke 12:15-21 : 15 Then He said to them, "Watch out, and be on guard against every form of greed, because one’s life is not defined by the abundance of possessions." 16 And He told them a parable, saying, "The land of a certain rich man produced a bountiful harvest. 17 And he thought to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, for I have no place to store my crops?' 18 Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and I will store all my grain and my goods there. 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and be merry.”' 20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This very night your soul will be required of you, and the things you have prepared—who will they belong to?' 21 So it is with one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.
  • 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be arrogant or to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.
  • Mark 8:36-37 : 36 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? 37 Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?

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    9 Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge. Selah.

  • Prov 23:4-5
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  • Eccl 5:10-11
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  • Ps 52:7
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    7 But God will tear you down forever; He will snatch and uproot you from your tent and dislodge you from the land of the living. Selah.

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    31 Let him not trust in worthlessness, deceiving himself, for worthlessness will be his reward.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11 Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22 A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.

  • Ps 39:6
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    6 Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.

  • 1 Tim 6:17
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    17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be arrogant or to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.

  • Job 36:18-19
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    18 Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing, and let a great ransom not turn you aside.

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

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    3 Do not put your trust in princes, in a mortal man in whom there is no salvation.

  • Eccl 5:13
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  • Prov 3:31
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    21 So it is with one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.

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    9 Woe to the one who gains unjust wealth for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of calamity!

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