Proverbs 18:11

“Therefore wait for me”, says Yahweh, “until the day that I rise up to the prey, for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour on them my indignation, even all my fierce anger, for all the earth will be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

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

They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land each man cast his stone, and filled it. They also stopped all the springs of water, and cut down all the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth all they left was its stones; however the men armed with slings went around it, and attacked it.

Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself—

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

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

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.

Therefore they will carry away the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have stored up, over the brook of the willows.

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.

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

For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God,

“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”

All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.

Rejoice, young man, in your youth, 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.

Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir Heres.

Violence has risen up into a rod of wickedness. None of them will remain, nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth. There will be nothing of value among them.

If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then “let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

He took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, “Let’s flee from the face of Israel, for Yahweh fights for them against the Egyptians!”

“Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I didn’t consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.

For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

There is no one as holy as Yahweh, for there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.

Woe to us! Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.

Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.

Your way, God, is in the sanctuary. What god is great like God?

For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

My heart cries out for Moab! Her nobles flee to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the ascent of Luhith with weeping; for on the way to Horonaim, they raise up a cry of destruction.

Yahweh says, “Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom. Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might. Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches.

Therefore I will wail for Moab. Yes, I will cry out for all Moab. They will mourn for the men of Kir Heres.

I will set my jealousy against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will take away your nose and your ears. Your remnant will fall by the sword. They will take your sons and your daughters; and the rest of you will be devoured by the fire.

Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, your pilots, your repairers of ship seams, the dealers in your merchandise, and all your men of war, who are in you, with all your company which is among you, will fall into the heart of the seas in the day of your ruin.

Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak anything evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other god who is able to deliver like this.”

before the appointed time when the day passes as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Yahweh comes on you, before the day of Yahweh’s anger comes on you.

“For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up,” says Yahweh of Armies, “that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.

Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples, “How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!”

Little children, I will be with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come,’ so now I tell you.

Jesus therefore said to them, “Children, have you anything to eat?” They answered him, “No.”

But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be arrogant, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries.

Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ship.

Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘What has God done!’

For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves concede.

For it is no vain thing for you, because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it.”

Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

The increase of his house will depart. They will rush away in the day of his wrath.

that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led out to the day of wrath?

Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches—

Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.

He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.

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

In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.

The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.

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

Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.

Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

Then I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” Nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not remembered the rock of your strength. Therefore you plant pleasant plants, and set out foreign seedlings.

You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept, and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come to Yahweh’s mountain, to Israel’s Rock.

His rock will pass away by reason of terror, and his princes will be afraid of the banner,” says Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is your treasure.

Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like pipes, and my heart sounds like pipes for the men of Kir Heres. Therefore the abundance that he has gotten has perished.

Why do you boast in the valleys, your flowing valley, backsliding daughter? You trusted in her treasures, saying, ‘Who will come to me?’

by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures;

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.

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!

I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.” ’

“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?’

Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

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

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.