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1 Timothy 6 10
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. (niv)
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Matthew 6:24
“ No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. (niv)
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Luke 12:15
Then he said to them,“ Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” (niv)
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Matthew 6:19
“ Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. (niv)
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Ecclesiastes 4:8
There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth.“ For whom am I toiling,” he asked,“ and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?” This too is meaningless— a miserable business! (niv)
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun. (niv)
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Ecclesiastes 4:4
And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. (niv)
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Psalms 62:10
Do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them. (niv)
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Ecclesiastes 2:26
To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. (niv)
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Habakkuk 2:5-7
indeed, wine betrays him; he is arrogant and never at rest. Because he is as greedy as the grave and like death is never satisfied, he gathers to himself all the nations and takes captive all the peoples.“ Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying,“‘ Woe to him who piles up stolen goods and makes himself wealthy by extortion! How long must this go on?’Will not your creditors suddenly arise? Will they not wake up and make you tremble? Then you will become their prey. (niv)
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Ecclesiastes 4:16
There was no end to all the people who were before them. But those who came later were not pleased with the successor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. (niv)
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Ecclesiastes 3:19
Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless. (niv)
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Ecclesiastes 2:17-18
So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me. (niv)
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Psalms 52:7
“ Here now is the man who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his great wealth and grew strong by destroying others!” (niv)
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Proverbs 30:15-16
“ The leech has two daughters.‘ Give! Give!’ they cry.“ There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say,‘ Enough!’:the grave, the barren womb, land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says,‘ Enough!’ (niv)
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Ecclesiastes 1:17
Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind. (niv)
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Psalms 52:1
Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God? (niv)
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Ecclesiastes 6:7
Everyone’s toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied. (niv)
