Wealth

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

8He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s. He has set the world on them.

24“If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’

25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

26if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

27and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

28this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above.

9Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:

10so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

9They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.

10Receive my instruction rather than silver; knowledge rather than choice gold.

11For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.

11Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

20The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.

16Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.

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

11The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

4Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.

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.

6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

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

10He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

14In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

11As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the middle of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

18so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

19“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

21for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

24“But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.

25Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

26Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.

17Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

18that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

19laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.