Matthew 16:26

For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

So therefore whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.

How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’

As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool.

For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?

“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.

My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, my yield than choice silver.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

“But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.

“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But here he is now comforted, and you are in anguish.

But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife.

Yahweh said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.

It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.

She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.

If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.

For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”

Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?

from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.

For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.

This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings.

for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him.

The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.

They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

While the word was in the king’s mouth, a voice came from the sky, saying, “O king Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: ‘The kingdom has departed from you.

even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.

Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith—

I command you in the sight of God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, insulting, evil suspicions,

I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom:

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.

The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”

Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man will perish,

none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.

The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.

if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:

For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God;’ and ‘What profit is it that we have followed his instructions, and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?

But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.

but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also?

The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.

In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich.

At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

However, I consider those things that were gain to me as a loss for Christ.

Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they don’t argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.

For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.

Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.

Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

Behold, they are like stubble. The fire will burn them. They won’t deliver themselves from the power of the flame. It won’t be a coal to warm at or a fire to sit by.

The priests didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh?’ and those who handle the law didn’t know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and followed things that do not profit.

But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, “Don’t kill us; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey.” So he stopped, and didn’t kill them among their brothers.

They will cast their silver in the streets, and their gold will be as an unclean thing. Their silver and their gold won’t be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh’s wrath. They won’t satisfy their souls or fill their bellies; because it has been the stumbling block of their iniquity.

You will go out at the breaks in the wall, everyone straight before her; and you will cast yourselves into Harmon,” says Yahweh.

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh’s wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,

If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.

In that day, he who will be on the housetop and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.