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Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance obtained too early in life is not a blessing in the end.
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Proverbs 10:2
Tainted wealth has no lasting value, but right living can save your life.
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James 5:1-5
Look here, you rich people: Weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you.Your wealth is rotting away, and your fine clothes are moth eaten rags.Your gold and silver are corroded. The very wealth you were counting on will eat away your flesh like fire. This corroded treasure you have hoarded will testify against you on the day of judgment.For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The cries of those who harvest your fields have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.You have spent your years on earth in luxury, satisfying your every desire. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.
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Proverbs 28:8
Income from charging high interest rates will end up in the pocket of someone who is kind to the poor.
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Proverbs 27:23-27
Know the state of your flocks, and put your heart into caring for your herds,for riches don’t last forever, and the crown might not be passed to the next generation.After the hay is harvested and the new crop appears and the mountain grasses are gathered in,your sheep will provide wool for clothing, and your goats will provide the price of a field.And you will have enough goats’ milk for yourself, your family, and your servant girls.
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Proverbs 28:22
Greedy people try to get rich quick but don’t realize they’re headed for poverty.
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Proverbs 13:22-23
Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren, but the sinner’s wealth passes to the godly.A poor person’s farm may produce much food, but injustice sweeps it all away.
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Job 27:16-17
“ Evil people may have piles of money and may store away mounds of clothing.But the righteous will wear that clothing, and the innocent will divide that money.
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Proverbs 28:20
The trustworthy person will get a rich reward, but a person who wants quick riches will get into trouble.
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Jeremiah 17:11
Like a partridge that hatches eggs she has not laid, so are those who get their wealth by unjust means. At midlife they will lose their riches; in the end, they will become poor old fools.
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Habakkuk 2:6-7
“ But soon their captives will taunt them. They will mock them, saying,‘ What sorrow awaits you thieves! Now you will get what you deserve! You’ve become rich by extortion, but how much longer can this go on?’Suddenly, your debtors will take action. They will turn on you and take all you have, while you stand trembling and helpless.
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Job 20:15
They will vomit the wealth they swallowed. God won’t let them keep it down.
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Psalms 128:2
You will enjoy the fruit of your labor. How joyful and prosperous you will be!
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Ecclesiastes 5:14
Money is put into risky investments that turn sour, and everything is lost. In the end, there is nothing left to pass on to one’s children.
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Job 15:28-29
But their cities will be ruined. They will live in abandoned houses that are ready to tumble down.Their riches will not last, and their wealth will not endure. Their possessions will no longer spread across the horizon.
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Job 20:19-22
For they oppressed the poor and left them destitute. They foreclosed on their homes.They were always greedy and never satisfied. Nothing remains of all the things they dreamed about.Nothing is left after they finish gorging themselves. Therefore, their prosperity will not endure.“ In the midst of plenty, they will run into trouble and be overcome by misery.