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Proverbs 10:15
A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; the poverty of the poor is their destruction.
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Ecclesiastes 7:12
because wisdom is protection as money is protection, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
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Psalms 52:5-7
This is why God will bring you down forever. He will take you, ripping you out of your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. SelahThe righteous will look on with awe and will ridicule him:“ Here is the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, taking refuge in his destructive behavior.”
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Psalms 49:6-9
They trust in their wealth and boast of their abundant riches.Yet these cannot redeem a person or pay his ransom to God—since the price of redeeming him is too costly, one should forever stop trying—so that he may live forever and not see the Pit.
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Proverbs 11:4
Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath, but righteousness rescues from death.
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Luke 12:19-21
Then I’ll say to myself,“ You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.”’“ But God said to him,‘ You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared— whose will they be?’“ That’s how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
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Deuteronomy 32:31
But their“ rock” is not like our Rock; even our enemies concede.
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Psalms 62:10-11
Place no trust in oppression, or false hope in robbery. If wealth increases, pay no attention to it.God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: strength belongs to God,
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Job 31:24-25
If I placed my confidence in gold or called fine gold my trust,if I have rejoiced because my wealth is great or because my own hand has acquired so much,