20 Bible Verses about Satisfied With Riches
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“Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge,
But trusted in the abundance of his riches
And was strong in his evil desire.”
He who trusts in his riches will fall,
But the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.
A rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own imagination.
Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,
Thus says the Lord, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches;
The rich man is wise in his own eyes,
But the poor who has understanding sees through him.
Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.
If I have gloated because my wealth was great,
And because my hand had secured so much;
“By your great wisdom, by your trade
You have increased your riches
And your heart is lifted up because of your riches—
And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word, and the worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
The seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
Do not trust in oppression
And do not vainly hope in robbery;
If riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
Those who buy them slay them and go unpunished, and each of those who sell them says, ‘Blessed be the Lord, for I have become rich!’ And their own shepherds have no pity on them.
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