Job 15:29
New King James Version
29 He will not be rich,
Nor will his wealth (A)continue,
Nor will his possessions overspread the earth.
Job 27:16-17
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16 Though he heaps up silver like dust,
And piles up clothing like clay—
17 He may pile it up, but (A)the just will wear it,
And the innocent will divide the silver.
James 5:1-3
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Rich Oppressors Will Be Judged
5 Come now, you (A)rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! 2 Your (B)riches [a]are corrupted, and (C)your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. (D)You have heaped up treasure in the last days.
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- James 5:2 have rotted
James 1:11
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11 For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits.
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Luke 16:19-22
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The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and [a]fared sumptuously every day. 20 But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, 21 desiring to be fed with [b]the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to (A)Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
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- Luke 16:19 lived in luxury
- Luke 16:21 NU what fell
Luke 16:2
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2 So he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an (A)account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.’
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Luke 12:19-21
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19 And I will say to my soul, (A)“Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; (B)eat, drink, and be merry.” ’ 20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night (C)your soul will be required of you; (D)then whose will those things be which you have provided?’
21 “So is he who lays up treasure for himself, (E)and is not rich toward God.”
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Psalm 49:16-17
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16 Do not be afraid when one becomes rich,
When the glory of his house is increased;
17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away;
His glory shall not descend after him.
Job 22:15-20
New King James Version
15 Will you keep to the old way
Which wicked men have trod,
16 Who (A)were cut down before their time,
Whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
17 (B)They said to God, ‘Depart from us!
What can the Almighty do to [a]them?’
18 Yet He filled their houses with good things;
But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 “The(C) righteous see it and are glad,
And the innocent laugh at them:
20 ‘Surely our [b]adversaries are cut down,
And the fire consumes their remnant.’
Job 20:22-28
New King James Version
22 In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress;
Every hand of [a]misery will come against him.
23 When he is about to fill his stomach,
God will cast on him the fury of His wrath,
And will rain it on him while he is eating.
24 (A)He will flee from the iron weapon;
A bronze bow will pierce him through.
25 It is drawn, and comes out of the body;
Yes, (B)the glittering point comes out of his [b]gall.
(C)Terrors come upon him;
26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures.
(D)An unfanned fire will consume him;
It shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.
27 The heavens will reveal his iniquity,
And the earth will rise up against him.
28 The increase of his house will depart,
And his goods will flow away in the day of His (E)wrath.
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