I charge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate,

As I urged you when I went into Macedonia; remain in Ephesus that you may charge some not to teach other doctrines,

I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels that you keep watch over these things without prejudice, doing nothing with partiality.

And Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and the man was perfect and upright, and one who feared God and turned away from evil.

Also, his possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the East.

Then Jesus said to His disciples, Truly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of Heaven.

And when evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself was also a disciple of Jesus.

Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham;

for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.

And it shall be, when Jehovah your God shall have brought you into the land of which He has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you great and good cities which you have not built,

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

you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand have acquired me this wealth.

with the chief things of the ancient mountains, with the excellence of the enduring hills,

But when he was strong his heart was lifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against Jehovah his God to enter the temple of Jehovah to burn incense on the altar of incense.

But Hezekiah did not return according to the favor shown him, for his heart had become haughty; therefore wrath was over him and over Judah and Jerusalem.

Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the haughtiness of his heart, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of Jehovah did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses those who plunder, whom Jehovah has spurned.

Through the pride of his countenance the wicked do not seek after God; God is not in all his schemes.

They are not in trouble like other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

Their eyes bulge with fatness; they have more than the heart could imagine.

They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongues walk through the earth.

lest I be full and deny You and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

O generation, see the Word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of darkness? Why do My people say, We roam freely; we will come no more to You?

Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

And they were haughty and committed abomination before Me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit.

For your sister Sodom was not mentioned by your mouth in the day of your pride,

The king spoke and said, Is this not great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?

And for the majesty that He gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. He killed whom he desired, and whom he desired he kept alive. And whom he would, he set up; and whom he desired, he put down.

And he was driven from the sons of men. And his heart was made like the animals, and his home was with the wild asses. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the heavens, until he knew that the Most High God is Ruler in the kingdom of men, and that He appoints over it whomever He desires.

But you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of Heaven. And they have brought the vessels of His house before you. And you, and your nobles, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see, nor hear, and do not know. And you have not glorified the God in whose hand your life, breath, and all your ways is.

When they had pasture, they were filled. They were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten Me.

They take up all of them with the hook; they drag them with the net and gather them with the dragnet. On account of this they rejoice and exult.

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

Well, because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be highminded, but fear.

Let the lowly brother rejoice in his exaltation,

but the rich in his humiliation, because as the flower of the field he will pass away.

Render to her just as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her.

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.

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;

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.

He who trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall sprout like foliage.

Thus says Jehovah, Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches;

but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am Jehovah, doing kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, says Jehovah.

And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God.

And He said to them, Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.

And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, since I have nowhere to gather my fruits?

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.

So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

For this you know, that no prostitute, unclean person, nor covetous person, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

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.

For riches are not forever; nor the crown from generation to generation.

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun: riches kept for their owners to their hurt.

But those riches perish by evil use. And he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.

For Jehovah God is a sun and shield; Jehovah will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk in integrity.

O Jehovah of Hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in You!

It is better to trust in Jehovah than to put confidence in man.

It is better to trust in Jehovah than to put confidence in princes.

Blessed is the man who trusts in Jehovah, and Jehovah is his refuge.

For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters; it sends out its roots by the river, and it shall not fear when the heat comes, but its foliage shall be green; and he is not anxious in the year of drought, nor will it cease from yielding fruit.

but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.

For to this end we both labor and are reproached, because we trust in the living God, who is the preserver of all men, especially of those who believe.

For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,

What You give them they gather in; You open Your hand, they are filled with good.

For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your Heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

And when they had come and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and that He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

Nor is He served with men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.

Behold that which I have seen: It is good and right for one to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labor that he labors under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him; for it is his portion.

Also every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.

Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,