Job 31:24
31:24 “If I have put my confidence in gold
or said to pure gold,
‘You are my security!’
Psalms 39:6
39:6 Surely people go through life as mere ghosts.
Surely they accumulate worthless wealth
without knowing who will eventually haul it away.”
Psalms 62:10
62:10 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!
Proverbs 11:4
11:4 Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath,
but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
Proverbs 16:16
16:16 How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold;
to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.
Proverbs 23:5
23:5 When you gaze upon riches, they are gone,
for they surely make wings for themselves,
and fly off into the sky like an eagle!
Ecclesiastes 2:26
2:26 For to the one who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy,
but to the sinner, he gives the task of amassing wealth –
only to give it to the one who pleases God.
This task of the wicked is futile – like chasing the wind!
Ecclesiastes 5:10-14
Covetousness
5:10 The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money,
he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income.
This also is futile.
5:11 When someone’s prosperity increases, those who consume it also increase;
so what does its owner gain, except that he gets to see it with his eyes?
5:12 The sleep of the laborer is pleasant – whether he eats little or much –
but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
Materialism Thwarts Enjoyment of Life
5:13 Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen:
Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.
5:14 Then that wealth was lost through bad luck;
although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.
Zephaniah 1:18
1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them
in the day of the Lord’s angry judgment.
The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath.
Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth.”
Luke 12:21
12:21 So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself,
but is not rich toward God.”
Luke 18:24
18:24 When Jesus noticed this,
he said, “How hard
it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!
Luke 18:1
Prayer and the Parable of the Persistent Widow
18:1 Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.
Luke 6:8-10
6:8 But
he knew
their thoughts,
and said to the man who had the withered hand, “Get up and stand here.”
So
he rose and stood there.
6:9 Then
Jesus said to them, “I ask you,
is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?”
6:10 After
looking around
at them all, he said to the man,
“Stretch out your hand.” The man
did so, and his hand was restored.
Luke 6:17
The Sermon on the Plain
6:17 Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. And a large number of his disciples had gathered along with a vast multitude from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases,
Hebrews 13:5
13:5 Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, “
I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.”
James 5:1-3
Warning to the Rich
5:1 Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.
5:2 Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten.
5:3 Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure!
James 5:1
Warning to the Rich
5:1 Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.
James 2:15-16
2:15 If a brother or sister
is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,
2:16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm and eat well,” but you do not give them what the body needs,
what good is it?