Riches

20For when I have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat; then they will turn to other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.

7Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.

16Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

1Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually.

2Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

3You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.

4You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.

5God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.

6The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,

7“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”

3For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

4For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.

5They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.

6Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

7Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

8They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

9They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

10Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.

11They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”

12Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.

13Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,

14For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning.

15If I had said, “I will speak thus”; behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

16When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;

17Until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.

18Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.

19How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.

20As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.

21For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.

22I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.

2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

22Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

28He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

7There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

8The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.

24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.

8Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

23The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

6Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

4Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

5Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

23Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:

24for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations.

8He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

11The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

20A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

8Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;

9lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is Yahweh?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.