Job 31:24 Cross References - LITV

²⁴ If I have made gold my hope or have called fine gold my trust;

¹ And he heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was to our father, and from that which was to our father he has gotten all this wealth.

¹² that when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built goodly houses, and have lived in them; ¹³ and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold have multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied, ¹⁴ then it rises up into your heart, and you forget Jehovah your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves;

⁶ Those who trust in their wealth, and in their many riches, boast themselves. ⁷ A man cannot at all redeem a brother, nor give to God a ransom for him,

¹⁷ for when he dies, he shall take nothing; his glory shall not go down after him.

⁷ Behold, the man who did not make God his strength; but he trusted in his many riches; he was strong in his destruction.

¹⁰ Trust not in oppression, and do not be vain in robbery; if riches increase to you, do not set your heart on them.

¹⁵ The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

²⁸ One trusting in his riches, he shall fall; but like a green leaf the righteous shall sprout.

⁹ that I not become full and deceive, and say, Who is Jehovah? Or that I not become poor and steal, and violate the name of my God.

²⁴ And the disciples were astonished at His words. And answering again, Jesus said to them, Children, how hard it is for those trusting on riches to enter into the kingdom of God! ²⁵ It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle, than for a rich one to enter into the kingdom of God.

¹⁵ And He said to them, Beware, and keep back from covetousness; for one's life is not in the abundance of the things which are his.

⁵ Then put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication; uncleanness; passion; evil lust; and covetousness, which is idolatry;

¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all evils, by means of which some having lusted after it were seduced from the faith, and they themselves pierced through by many pains.

¹⁷ Charge the rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to set hope on the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, He offering to us richly all things for enjoyment;