<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> impoverishes and makes wealthy;p> <p class="poetry">he humbles and he exalts.p>

<p class="poetry">Do not wear yourself out to become rich;p> <p class="poetry">be wise enough to restrain yourself.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who is lazy<n id="1" /> becomes poor,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the one who works diligently<n id="3" /> becomes wealthy.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The blessing<n id="1" /> from the <sc>Lordsc><n id="2" /> makes a person rich,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and he adds no sorrow<n id="4" /> to<n id="5" /> it.p>

<p class="poetry">There is one who pretends to be rich<n id="1" /> and yet has nothing;p> <p class="poetry">another pretends to be poor<n id="2" /> and yet possesses great wealth.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A faithful person<n id="1" /> will have an abundance of blessings,p> <p class="poetry">but the one who hastens<n id="2" /> to gain riches will not go unpunished.p>

<p class="poetry">He will not grow rich,p> <p class="poetry">and his wealth will not endure,p> <p class="poetry">nor will his possessions<n id="1" /> spread over the land.p>

<p class="poetry">Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and his wealth multiplies!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who loves<n id="1" /> pleasure<n id="2" /> will be<n id="3" /> a poor person;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">whoever loves wine and anointing oil<n id="5" /> will not be rich.p>

<p class="poetry">Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">When your products went out from the seas,p> <p class="poetry">you satisfied many peoples;p> <p class="poetry">with the abundance of your wealth and merchandisep> <p class="poetry">you enriched the kings of the earth.p>

that I will take nothing<n id="1" /> belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can never say, &#8216;It is I<n id="2" /> who made Abram rich.&#8217;

<p class="poetry">You visit the earth and give it rain;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you make it rich and fertile<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">with overflowing streams full of water.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">You provide grain for them,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">for you prepare the earth to yield its crops.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Ephraim boasts,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I am very rich!p> <p class="poetry">I have become wealthy!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">In all that I have done to gain my wealth,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">no one can accuse me of any offense<n id="4" /> that is actually sinful.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

Those who buy them<n id="1" /> slaughter them and are not held guilty; those who sell them say, &#8216;Blessed be the <sc>Lordsc>, for I am rich.&#8217; Their own shepherds have no compassion for them.

<p class="bodytext">The men of Israel said, &#8220;Have you seen this man who is coming up? He does so<n id="1" /> to defy Israel. But the king will make the man who can strike him down very wealthy! He will give him his daughter in marriage, and he will make his father&#8217;s house exempt from tax obligations in Israel.&#8221;p>

Now I will tell you the truth.p><t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;Three<n id="1" /> more kings will arise for Persia. Then a fourth<n id="2" /> king will be unusually rich,<n id="3" /> more so than all who preceded him. When he has amassed power through his riches, he will stir up everyone against<n id="4" /> the kingdom of Greece.