Bible Cross References
And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
Genesis 13:1-5
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Abram went north out of Egypt to the southern part of Canaan with his wife and everything he owned, and Lot went with him.
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Abram was a very rich man, with sheep, goats, and cattle, as well as silver and gold.
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Then he left there and moved from place to place, going toward Bethel. He reached the place between Bethel and Ai where he had camped before
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and had built an altar. There he worshiped the LORD.
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Lot also had sheep, goats, and cattle, as well as his own family and servants.
Job 1:3
and owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, one thousand head of cattle, and five hundred donkeys. He also had a large number of servants and was the richest man in the East.
Psalm 39:6
no more than a shadow. All we do is for nothing; we gather wealth, but don't know who will get it.
Luke 12:13-21
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A man in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide with me the property our father left us."
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Jesus answered him, "Friend, who gave me the right to judge or to divide the property between you two?"
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And he went on to say to them all, "Watch out and guard yourselves from every kind of greed; because your true life is not made up of the things you own, no matter how rich you may be."
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Then Jesus told them this parable: "There was once a rich man who had land which bore good crops.
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He began to think to himself, 'I don't have a place to keep all my crops. What can I do?
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This is what I will do,' he told himself; 'I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, where I will store the grain and all my other goods.
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Then I will say to myself, Lucky man! You have all the good things you need for many years. Take life easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself !'
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But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night you will have to give up your life; then who will get all these things you have kept for yourself ? ' "
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And Jesus concluded, "This is how it is with those who pile up riches for themselves but are not rich in God's sight."