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Psa. 62:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

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Job 20:19,29• ¹⁹For he crushed, abandoned, the poor,{HR}Seized a house, and built it not;
²⁹This [is] the portion of the wicked man from God [Elohim],{HR}And the heritage of his sentence from God [El]. (Job 20:19,29)

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Isa. 28:15• ¹⁵For ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement: when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves. (Isa. 28:15)

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Isa. 30:12• ¹²Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye reject this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon, (Isa. 30:12)

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Isa. 47:10• ¹⁰For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness; thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thy heart, I [am], and all besides me [is] nothing. (Isa. 47:10)

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Isa. 59:4• ⁴None sueth in righteousness, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. (Isa. 59:4)

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Jer. 13:25• ²⁵{i}This shall be thy lot, thy measured portion from me, saith Jehovah; because thou hast forgotten me, and confided in falsehood.{/i} (Jer. 13:25)

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Jer. 17:11• ¹¹As 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)

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Psa. 39:6• ⁶Surely in an image doth man walk;{HR}Surely in vain are they disquieted:{HR}He hoardeth, and knoweth not who shall gather them. (Psa. 39:6)

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Psa. 52:7• ⁷Behold, the man that made not God his strength,{HR}But confided in the abundance of his riches;{HR}He strengthened himself in his wickedness. (Psa. 52:7)

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Deut. 6:10‑12• ¹⁰{i}And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into the land which he swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee: great and good cities which thou buildedst not,{/i}
¹¹{i}and houses full of everything good which thou filledst not, and wells digged which thou diggedst not, vineyards and oliveyards which thou plantedst not, and thou shalt have eaten and shalt be full;{/i}
¹²{i}then beware lest thou forget Jehovah who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.{/i} (Deut. 6:10‑12)

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Deut. 8:12‑14• ¹²{i}lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built and inhabited fine houses,{/i}
¹³{i}and thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied,{/i}
¹⁴{i}then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;{/i} (Deut. 8:12‑14)

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Job 27:16‑23• ¹⁶If he heap up silver as dust, and prepare clothing as clay,
¹⁷He prepareth, but the righteous shall put [it] on,{HR}And the innocent shall divide the silver.
¹⁸He hath built his house as a moth,{HR}And as a booth the watchman needeth.
¹⁹He lieth down, but shall not be gathered;{HR}He openeth his eyes, and he is not.
²⁰Terrors overtake him as waters,{HR}By night a tempest stealeth him away.
²¹An east wind taketh him up, and he is gone,{HR}And it sweepeth him out of his place;
²²And it casteth at him, and spareth not;{HR}From its hand he would gladly flee.
²³It clappeth its hands at him,{HR}And hisseth him out of his place. (Job 27:16‑23)

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Job 31:24‑25• ²⁴If I made gold my confidence,{HR}And to the pure gold said, My trust;
²⁵If I rejoiced because my weal [was] great,{HR}And because my hand found much; (Job 31:24‑25)

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Mark 8:36‑37• ³⁶For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?
³⁷For what should a man give in exchange for his soul? (Mark 8:36‑37)

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Mark 10:23• ²³And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, With what difficulty shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! (Mark 10:23)

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Luke 12:15‑21• ¹⁵{i}And{/i} he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for [it is] not because a man is in abundance [that] his life is in his possessions.
¹⁶{i}And{/i} he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully;
¹⁷and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, for I have not [a place] where I shall lay up my fruits?
¹⁸{i}And{/i} he said, This will I do; I will take away my granaries, and build greater; and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;
¹⁹and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid up for many years; repose thyself; eat, drink, be merry.
²⁰But God said unto him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
²¹Thus is he who layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. (Luke 12:15‑21)

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1 Tim. 6:17• ¹⁷Those rich in the present age charge not to be highminded, nor to set their hope on uncertainty of riches, but on the God that affordeth us all things richly for enjoyment; (1 Tim. 6:17)

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Psa. 91:14• ¹⁴Because he hath set his love on me,{HR}I too will deliver him;{HR}I will set him on high,{HR}Because he knoweth my name. (Psa. 91:14)

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Prov. 23:5• ⁵Wilt thou set thine eyes upon what is not?{HR}For indeed it maketh itself wings, and it flieth away,{HR}As an eagle toward the heavens. (Prov. 23:5)

J. N. Darby Translation

Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.

W. Kelly Translation

Confide not in oppression,{HR}And in robbery be not vain;{HR}If riches increase,{HR}Set not [your] heart [on them].