Proverbs 18:11
The rich mans goodes are his strong citie, and as an high wall in his owne conceipt.
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- Prov 10:15 : 15 The riche mans goodes are his strong holde: but their owne pouertie feareth the poore.
- Prov 11:4 : 4 Riches helpe not in the day of vengeaunce: but ryghteousnesse deliuereth from death.
- Eccl 7:12 : 12 For wysdome defendeth aswell as money, and the excellent knowledge & wysdome geueth lyfe vnto hym that hath it in possession.
- Luke 12:19-21 : 19 And I wyll saye to my soule: Soule, thou hast much goods layed vp in store for many yeres, take thyne ease, eate, drynke, and be mery. 20 But God sayde vnto hym: Thou foole, this nyght wyll they fetch awaye thy soule againe fro thee: Then whose shall those thynges be, which thou hast prouided? 21 So is he that gathereth riches to him selfe, and is not ryche towardes God.
- Deut 32:31 : 31 For their god is not as our God: our enemies also them selues are iudges.
- Job 31:24-25 : 24 Haue I put my trust in golde? or haue I sayde to the wedge of golde, thou art my confidence? 25 Haue I reioyced because my power was great, and because my hande gat so much?
- Ps 49:6-9 : 6 There be some that put their trust in their goodes: and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches. 7 But no man at all can redeeme his brother: nor geue a raunsome vnto God for hym. 8 For the redemption of their soule is very costly, and must be let alone for euer: 9 yea though he lyue long and see not the graue.
- Ps 52:5-7 : 5 Therfore the Lord wyll destroy thee for euer: he wyll take thee and plucke thee out of thy dwelling, and roote thee out of the lande of the liuing. Selah. 6 The righteous also shall see this: and they wyll be afraide and laugh hym to scorne. 7 Saying lo this is the man that put not the Lorde to be his strength: but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches, and strengthed him selfe in his wickednesse.
- Ps 62:10-11 : 10 O trust not in wrong dealing and spoyling: geue not your selues vnto vanitie, if riches encrease, set not your heart vpon them. 11 The Lord spake it once, but I haue hearde it twise, that power and mercy belongeth to thee O Lorde God:
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15 The riche mans goodes are his strong holde: but their owne pouertie feareth the poore.
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11 The riche man thinketh hym selfe to be wise: but the poore that hath vnderstandyng can perceaue hym well inough.
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12 Before destruction the heart of a man is proude: and before honour goeth humilitie.
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6 There be some that put their trust in their goodes: and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches.
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7 Saying lo this is the man that put not the Lorde to be his strength: but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches, and strengthed him selfe in his wickednesse.
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22 A wyse man skaleth the citie of the mightie, & ouerthroweth the strength wherein they trusted.
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10 The name of the Lorde is a strong castell, the righteous runneth vnto it and is in safegarde.
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7 Some men make them selues riche though they haue nothyng: agayne, some make them selues poore hauyng great riches.
8 With goodes a man redeemeth his life: and the poore wyll not be reproued.
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28 He that trusteth in his riches shall haue a fall: but the ryghteous shall florishe as the greene leafe.
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23 Thus saith the Lorde: Let not the wise man reioyce in his wisdome, nor the strong man in his strength, neither the riche man in his riches:
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17 Lest thou shouldest say in thine heart, my power and the myght of myne owne hande hath prepared me this aboundaunce:
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21 So is he that gathereth riches to him selfe, and is not ryche towardes God.
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3 The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.
4 Riches maketh many frendes: but the poore is separated from his neighbour.
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11 Uaynly gotten goodes are soone spent: but they that be gathered together with the hande, shall encrease.
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5 With thy great wysedome and occupying hast thou encreased thy power, and because of thy great riches thy heart is proude.
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14 There was a litle citie and a few men within it: so there came a great kyng and besieged it, and made great bulwarkes against it.
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18 Pryde goeth before destruction, and an hygh mynde before the fall.
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20 The poore is hated euen of his owne neyghbours: but the riche hath many frendes.
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6 Truely man walketh in a vayne shadowe, truely he and all his do disquiet them selues in vayne: he heapeth vp riches, & can not tel who shal vse them.
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10 Agayne, the riche, in that he is made lowe: Because as the flowre of the grasse he shall passe away.
11 For the sunne hath rysen with heate, and the grasse hath withered, and his flowre hath fallen away, & the beautie of the fashion of it hath perished: So also shall the ryche man fade away in his wayes.
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10 O trust not in wrong dealing and spoyling: geue not your selues vnto vanitie, if riches encrease, set not your heart vpon them.
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12 If thou seest a man that is wise in his owne conceipt: there is more hope in a foole, then in hym.
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28 He that can not rule him selfe, is like a citie whiche is broken downe and hath no walles.
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17 And he thought within him selfe, saying, What shall I do, because I haue no rowme where to bestow my fruites?
18 And he sayde, this wyll I do, I wyll destroy my barnes, and buylde greater, and therin wyll I gather all my fruites and my goodes.
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4 Take not ouer great trauayle to be riche, beware of suche a purpose.
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18 He buyldeth his house as the moth, & as a booth that the watchman maketh.
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23 After pryde commeth a fall: but a lowly spirite bryngeth great worshyp.
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21 When a strong man armed, kepeth his palace, ye thynges that he possesseth are in peace.
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5 He shall remember his notable souldiours, they shal stumble in goyng, they shall hasten to the wall, the couering fence is prepared.
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16 Who so doth a poore man wrong, to increase his owne riches and geueth vnto the ryche, at the last commeth to pouertie hym selfe.
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22 He that wyll be riche all to soone, hath an euyll eye: and considereth not that pouertie shall come vpon hym.
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16 A small thing that the righteous hath: is better then great riches of ye vngodly.
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11 So shall pouertie come vnto thee as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessitie like a weaponed man.
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7 The steppes of his strength shalbe restrayned, and his owne counsaile shall cast him downe:
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14 Who thinketh in hym selfe, I wyll buylde me a wyde house and gorgious parlours, who causeth windowes to be hewen therin, and the seelinges and ioystes maketh he of Cedar, and painteth them with Sinoper.
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2 For he flattereth him selfe in his owne sight: so that his iniquitie is found worthy of hatred.
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9 Wo he that coueteth an euyll couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape from the power of euyll.
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6 in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the riche are set downe beneath.
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6 Better is he that walketh in his vprightnes: then he that peruerteth his wayes, and is riche.
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4 Riches helpe not in the day of vengeaunce: but ryghteousnesse deliuereth from death.
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16 A mans gyft maketh an open way, to bryng hym before great men.
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25 He that is of a proude stomacke stirreth vp strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lorde shalbe well fed.
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3 The pride of thyne heart hath deceaued thee, thou that dwellest in the cleftes of the rockes, whose habitation is hie, that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me downe to the grounde?
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16 Then sayd I, wysdome is better then strength: Neuerthelesse, a simple mans wysdome is despised, and his wordes are not hearde.
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13 Yet is there a sore plague which I haue seene vnder the sunne namely riches kept to the hurt of him that hath them in possession:
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2 The vngodly of a wylfulnesse persecuteth the poore: but euery one of them shalbe taken in the craftie wylines that they haue imagined.