Psalms 62:10
Hebrew Text— Psalms 62:10Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.
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My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
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.
Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia; and Titus to Dalmatia.
I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.
for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God.
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
“This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.
I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
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.
Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.
and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?
“He trusts in Yahweh. Let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him.”
for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.
He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
You will conceive chaff. You will give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.
Turn your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
by your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches—”
Because you say, ‘I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;’ and don’t know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;
“So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.
They conceive mischief, and produce iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit.”
“By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face.
who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.
Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust, because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of Armies, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand. When the overflowing scourge passes through, then you will be trampled down by it.
Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?”
he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.
“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.
“Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp against her all around. Let none of it escape. Pay her back according to her work. According to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Yahweh, against the Holy One of Israel.
“Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the middle of the seas;’ yet you are man, and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God—
Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.”
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.
Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have rejected Yahweh’s law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked;
Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, “Isn’t Yahweh among us? No disaster will come on us.”
and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.
“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?’
“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.
True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;
and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.
Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.
He shall not multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away. He shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
“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.”
Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.
Therefore the Holy One of Israel says, “Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on it,
Don’t trust in lying words, saying, ‘Yahweh’s temple, Yahweh’s temple, Yahweh’s temple, are these.’
I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good. I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.
Why do you boast in the valleys, your flowing valley, backsliding daughter? You trusted in her treasures, saying, ‘Who will come to me?’
What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
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.”
Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he didn’t even take this to heart.
As for your donkeys who were lost three days ago, don’t set your mind on them; for they have been found. For whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you, and for all your father’s house?”
After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for emptiness will be his reward.
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God.”
“If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’
“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.
Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches—
Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
“Because you have said, ‘We have made a covenant with death, and we are in agreement with Sheol. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won’t come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.’ ”
For you have trusted in your wickedness. You have said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and your knowledge has perverted you. You have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me.’
No one sues in righteousness, and no one pleads in truth. They trust in vanity, and speak lies. They conceive mischief, and give birth to iniquity.
“For I, Yahweh, love justice. I hate robbery and iniquity. I will give them their reward in truth and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
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.
This is your lot, the portion measured to you from me,” says Yahweh, “because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.”
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.
You have plowed wickedness. You have reaped iniquity. You have eaten the fruit of lies, for you trusted in your way, in the multitude of your mighty men.
“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples, “How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!”
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.” ’
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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;
knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,
“Set up road signs. Make guideposts. Set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you went. Turn again, virgin of Israel. Turn again to these your cities.