obtaining wealth

¹⁸But remember the Lord your God, that he himself has provided you with strength, so that he may fulfill his covenant, about which he swore to your fathers, just as the present day reveals.

⁴The neglectful hand has wrought destitution. But the hand of the steadfast prepares riches. He who advances by lies, this one feeds on the wind. For he is the same as one who runs after flying birds.

¹¹Substance obtained in haste will be diminished. But what is collected by hand, little by little, shall be multiplied.

⁴The end of moderation is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory and life.

²²The blessing of the Lord causes riches. Affliction will not be a companion to them.

¹⁰Where there are many riches, there will also be many to consume these things. And how does it benefit the one who possesses, except that he discerns the wealth with his own eyes?

⁹For those who want to become rich fall into temptation and into the snare of the devil and into many useless and harmful desires, which submerge men in destruction and in perdition. ¹⁰For desire is the root of all evils. Some persons, hungering in this way, have strayed from the faith and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.

²⁰A faithful man shall be greatly praised. But whoever rushes to become rich will not be innocent.

⁴Do not be willing to labor so that you may be enriched. But set limits by your prudence. ⁵Do not raise your eyes toward wealth that you are not able to have. For they will make themselves wings, like those of an eagle, and they will fly in the sky.

¹³No servant is able to serve two lords. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will cling to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”

⁵The intentions of the robust continually bring forth abundance. But all the lazy are continually in need.

⁷The rich rule over the poor. And the borrower is servant to the lender.

³⁶For how does it benefit a man, if he gains the whole world, and yet causes harm to his soul?

³⁸Give, and it will be given to you: a good measure, pressed down and shaken together and overflowing, they will place upon your lap. Certainly, the same measure that you use to measure out, will be used to measure back to you again.”

⁴Wealth will not profit in the day of vengeance. But justice shall liberate from death.

²⁴No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will have hatred for the one, and love the other, or he will persevere with the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

²⁸Whoever trusts in his riches will fall. But the just shall spring up like a green leaf.