Don’t make your living by extortion or put your hope in stealing. And if your wealth increases, don’t make it the center of your life.

不要仗势欺人，也不要因抢夺而骄傲；若财宝加增，不要放在心上。

不要仗势欺人，也不要因抢夺而骄傲；若财宝加增，不要放在心上。

不要仗势欺人，也不要因抢夺而骄傲；若财宝加增，不要放在心上。

不要敲诈勒索，不要妄想靠偷盗发财，即使财富增多，也不要倚靠它。

不要倚靠藉强暴得来的财物，也不要妄想倚靠抢夺回来的钱财；如果财宝加增，你的心也不要倚靠它。

你不要依靠欺压，也不要妄想抢夺；即使财富增加，也不要放在心上。

不要仗勢欺人，也不要因搶奪而驕傲；若財寶加增，不要放在心上。

不要仗勢欺人，也不要因搶奪而驕傲；若財寶加增，不要放在心上。

不要仗勢欺人，也不要因搶奪而驕傲；若財寶加增，不要放在心上。

不要敲詐勒索，不要妄想靠偷盜發財，即使財富增多，也不要倚靠它。

不要倚靠藉強暴得來的財物，也不要妄想倚靠搶奪回來的錢財；如果財寶加增，你的心也不要倚靠它。

不要靠勒索之利，也不要因搶奪而變為虛妄；資財若生息增加，不要放在心上。

你不要依靠欺壓，也不要妄想搶奪；即使財富增加，也不要放在心上。

勿惟暴虐是恃、勿因刦奪而驕、貨財增益、勿繫念兮、

爾即財貨豐饒、勿以為樂、況虐人奪人、更不可以此浮財自恃、

勒索之貨不可倚賴、劫奪之財不可妄恃、貨財雖然加多、莫以為念、

貧富貴賤皆泡影。泡影為重人生輕。若衡二者天平上。人生應升泡影沈。

Do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

Don’t trust in money you have taken from others. Don’t put false hope in things you have stolen. Even if your riches grow, don’t put your trust in them.

Put no trust in extortion; set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.

Place no trust in oppression or false hope in robbery. If wealth increases, don’t set your heart on it.

Do not trust in oppression, And do not vainly rely on robbery; If wealth increases, do not set your heart on it.

Do not trust in oppression, Nor vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, Do not set your heart on them.

Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart thereon.

Place no trust in oppression, or false hope in robbery. If wealth increases, pay no attention to it.

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart[ upon them].

Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!

Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.

“ Look what happens to mighty warriors who do not trust in God. They trust their wealth instead and grow more and more bold in their wickedness.”

Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.

Then he said,“ Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”Then he told them a story:“ A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops.He said to himself,‘ What should I do? I don’t have room for all my crops.’Then he said,‘ I know! I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I’ll have room enough to store all my wheat and other goods.And I’ll sit back and say to myself,“ My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”’“ But God said to him,‘ You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’“ Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God.”

“ Have I put my trust in money or felt secure because of my gold?Have I gloated about my wealth and all that I own?

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.

They trust in their wealth and boast of great riches.

This is the reply of the Holy One of Israel:“ Because you despise what I tell you and trust instead in oppression and lies,

“ The Lord your God will soon bring you into the land he swore to give you when he made a vow to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is a land with large, prosperous cities that you did not build.The houses will be richly stocked with goods you did not produce. You will draw water from cisterns you did not dig, and you will eat from vineyards and olive trees you did not plant. When you have eaten your fill in this land,be careful not to forget the Lord, who rescued you from slavery in the land of Egypt.

We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it.

The Lord says,“ I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name.

For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

“ For I, the Lord, love justice. I hate robbery and wrongdoing. I will faithfully reward my people for their suffering and make an everlasting covenant with them.

For they oppressed the poor and left them destitute. They foreclosed on their homes.

“ 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.The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider’s web, as flimsy as a shelter made of branches.The wicked go to bed rich but wake to find that all their wealth is gone.Terror overwhelms them like a flood, and they are blown away in the storms of the night.The east wind carries them away, and they are gone. It sweeps them away.It whirls down on them without mercy. They struggle to flee from its power.But everyone jeers at them and mocks them.

For when you have become full and prosperous and have built fine homes to live in,and when your flocks and herds have become very large and your silver and gold have multiplied along with everything else, be careful!Do not become proud at that time and forget the Lord your God, who rescued you from slavery in the land of Egypt.

In the blink of an eye wealth disappears, for it will sprout wings and fly away like an eagle.

No one cares about being fair and honest. The people’s lawsuits are based on lies. They conceive evil deeds and then give birth to sin.

“ You felt secure in your wickedness.‘ No one sees me,’ you said. But your‘ wisdom’ and‘ knowledge’ have led you astray, and you said,‘ I am the only one, and there is no other.’

You boast,“ We have struck a bargain to cheat death and have made a deal to dodge the grave. The coming destruction can never touch us, for we have built a strong refuge made of lies and deception.”

This is the reward that God gives the wicked. It is the inheritance decreed by God.”

This is your allotment, the portion I have assigned to you,” says the Lord,“ for you have forgotten me, putting your trust in false gods.

Jesus looked around and said to his disciples,“ How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God!”

And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?Is anything worth more than your soul?