Job 31:25
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25 Or had I rejoiced that my wealth was great,
or that my hand had acquired abundance—
Ecclesiastes 5:9
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9 (A)The covetous are never satisfied with money, nor lovers of wealth with their gain; so this too is vanity.
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Jeremiah 17:11
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11 A partridge that broods but does not hatch
are those who acquire wealth unjustly:
In midlife it will desert them;
in the end they are only fools.(A)
Matthew 6:19-21
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Treasure in Heaven. 19 [a]“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal.(A) 20 But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.(B)
The Light of the Body.[b]
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- 6:19–34 The remaining material of this chapter is taken almost entirely from Q. It deals principally with worldly possessions, and the controlling thought is summed up in Mt 6:24: the disciple can serve only one master and must choose between God and wealth (mammon). See further the note on Lk 16:9.
- 6:22–23 In this context the parable probably points to the need for the disciple to be enlightened by Jesus’ teaching on the transitory nature of earthly riches.
Matthew 6:24
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God and Money. 24 [a]“No one can serve two masters.(A) He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
Dependence on God.[b]
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