In the house of the righteous there is much treasure, but trouble befalls the income of the wicked.
granting an inheritance to those who love me, and filling their treasuries.
Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man's dwelling, but a foolish man devours it.
The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.
Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.
He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.
Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.
For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house that he did not build. “Because he knew no contentment in his belly, he will not let anything in which he delights escape him. There was nothing left after he had eaten; therefore his prosperity will not endure. In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress; the hand of everyone in misery will come against him. To fill his belly to the full, God will send his burning anger against him and rain it upon him into his body.
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days.
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes? Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep. There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt, and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand.
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