Proverbs 18:11
The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.
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- Prov 10:15 : 15 The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.
- Prov 11:4 : 4 Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
- Eccl 7:12 : 12 For wisdom provides protection, just as money provides protection. But the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
- Luke 12:19-21 : 19 And I will say to myself,“You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’ 20 But God said to him,‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ 21 So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”
- Deut 32:31 : 31 For our enemies’ rock is not like our Rock, as even our enemies concede.
- Job 31:24-25 : 24 “If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold,‘You are my security!’ 25 if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,
- Ps 49:6-9 : 6 They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches. 7 Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price 8 (the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny), 9 so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.
- Ps 52:5-7 : 5 Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living.(Selah) 6 When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe, and will mock the evildoer, saying: 7 “Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”
- Ps 62:10-11 : 10 Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it! 11 God has declared one principle; two principles I have heard: God is strong,
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10Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!
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12You have seen a man wise in his own opinion– there is more hope for a fool than for him.
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2The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.