Psalms 49:6
Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 52:7 : 7 `Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'
- Mark 10:24 : 24 And the disciples were astonished at his words, and Jesus again answering saith to them, `Children, how hard is it to those trusting on the riches to enter into the reign of God!
- Luke 12:19 : 19 and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.
- 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --
- Esth 5:11 : 11 and Haman recounteth to them the glory of his wealth, and the abundance of his sons, and all that with which the king made him great, and with which he lifted him up above the heads and servants of the king.
- Job 31:24-25 : 24 If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, `My trust,' 25 If I rejoice because great `is' my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,
- Ps 62:10 : 10 Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth -- when it increaseth -- set not the heart.
- Prov 10:15 : 15 The wealth of the rich `is' his strong city, The ruin of the poor `is' their poverty.
- Prov 11:28 : 28 Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.
- Prov 23:5 : 5 For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.
- Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,
- Ezek 28:4-5 : 4 By thy wisdom and by thine understanding Thou hast made for thee wealth, And makest gold and silver in thy treasuries. 5 By the abundance of thy wisdom, Through thy merchandise, Thou hast multiplied thy wealth, And high is thy heart through thy wealth.
- Hos 12:8 : 8 And Ephraim saith: `Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours -- they find not against me iniquity that `is' sin.'
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- Ps 52:6-72 verses79%
6 And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.
7 `Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'
- Ps 62:9-102 verses78%
9 Only -- vanity `are' the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity `are' lighter.
10 Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth -- when it increaseth -- set not the heart.
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28 Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.
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17 Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --
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6 Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, `in' vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.
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9 and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,
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11 The wealth of the rich `is' the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.
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16 Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,
- Prov 13:7-82 verses74%
7 There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth `is' abundant.
8 The ransom of a man's life `are' his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.
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7 A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.
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4 O the happiness of the man Who hath made Jehovah his trust, And hath not turned unto the proud, And those turning aside to lies.
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6 At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought.
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17 and thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth:
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5 Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.
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15 The wealth of the rich `is' his strong city, The ruin of the poor `is' their poverty.
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12 Lo, these `are' the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.
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11 A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.
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23 Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,
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6 Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.
7 Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;
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4 Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.
5 For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.
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16 He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.
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22 Troubled for wealth `is' the man `with' an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
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24 If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, `My trust,'
25 If I rejoice because great `is' my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,
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13 They wear out in good their days, And in a moment `to' Sheol go down.
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19 Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.
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13 There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.
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6 Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.
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25 Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.
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10 Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied `with' silver, nor he who is in love with stores `with' increase. Even this `is' vanity.
11 In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit `is' to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?
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10 Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride:
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4 Wealth addeth many friends, And the poor from his neighbour is separated.
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21 so `is' he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'
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6 Do not these -- all of them -- against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Wo `to' him who is multiplying `what is' not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges?
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20 A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.
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11 if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful -- the true who will entrust to you?
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19 Their silver into out-places they cast, And their gold impurity becometh. Their silver and their gold is not able to deliver them, In a day of the wrath of Jehovah, Their soul they do not satisfy, And their bowels they do not fill, For the stumbling-block of their iniquity it hath been.
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4 Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.
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6 -- They are pouring out gold from a bag, And silver on the beam they weigh, They hire a refiner, and he maketh it a god, They fall down, yea, they bow themselves.
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5 By the abundance of thy wisdom, Through thy merchandise, Thou hast multiplied thy wealth, And high is thy heart through thy wealth.
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9 And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:
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8 Nor do they mutter through their throat, Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.
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11 Their heart `is': Their houses `are' to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.
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8 Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.