SOME WORDS FOR ALL CONCERNING RICHES.
“The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich; He bringeth low, and lifteth up.” 1 Sam. 2:7. “Surely every man walketh in a vain show; surely they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.” Ps. 39:6. “Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.” Ps. 62:10. “Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy; rid them out of the hand of the wicked.” Ps. 82:3, 4. “When the Lord shall build up Zion, He shall appear in His glory. He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.” Ps. 102:16, 17. “There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing; there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.” Prov. 13:7. “He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.” Prov. 22:16. “For riches are not forever; and doth the crown endure to every generation?” Prov. 27:24. “Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.” Prov. 31:9. “He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This is also vanity.” Eccl. 5:10. “There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.” Eccl. 5:13. “As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.” Jer. 17:11. “He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the Word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the Word, and he becometh unfruitful.” Matt. 13:22. “And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when ye fail they may receive you into everlasting habitations. He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?” Luke 16:9–11. “Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.” Eph. 3:8.