houses full of all good things, which you have not filled, hewn-out wells which you have not dug, vineyards and olive trees which you have not planted; when you have eaten and are full;

then be on guard that you not forget Jehovah who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

lest, when you have eaten and been filled, and have built beautiful houses and dwelt in them;

when your heart is lifted up, and you forget Jehovah your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

If I have made gold my hope, or said to fine gold, you are my confidence;

if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had acquired much;

Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the depravity of my supplanters surrounds me?

None of them can at all redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him

that he might yet live forever and never see the pit.

Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever, and their dwelling places from generation to generation; they call their lands after their own names.

This way of theirs is their folly; yet those who follow delight in their sayings. Selah.

The Mighty God will likewise destroy you forever; He will take you away, and pluck you out of your tent, and has rooted you out of the land of the living. Selah.

Behold, the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and was strong in his wickedness.

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.

Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away like an eagle into the heavens.

Woe to those who join house to house, laying field to field, until there is no more space for you to dwell alone in the midst of the earth!

And Ephraim said, I am rich; I have found much wealth for myself. In all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin.

Therefore they sacrifice to their net, and burn incense to their dragnet; because by them their portion is fat, and their food plentiful.

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves dig through and steal;

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Command those who are rich in this present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your calamities that are coming upon you.

Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days.

Man who is born of woman is of few days, and full of turmoil.

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go to this city, spend a year there, do business, and make a profit;

Instead you ought to say, If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.

There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.

But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with giddiness, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come upon you unexpectedly.

They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to Sheol.

Rejoice in your youth, young man; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things, God will bring you into judgment.

Woe to those who rise up early in the morning to pursue strong drink; remaining until the evening while wine inflames them!

But behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine, saying, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!

You who put the evil day far away, and cause the seat of violence to come near,

who chant with the sound of the lute; they invent instruments of song for themselves like David;

If like other men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what profit is it to me, if the dead are not raised? Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!

whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and who glory in their shame; who set their mind on earthly things.

But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.

traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury; you have fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in licentiousness, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.

By however much she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, by the same amount give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.