Exodus 18:21
21Moreover, look for aable men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.Psalms 10:3
3For the wicked bboasts of the desires of his soul,and the one greedy for gain ccurses ▼
▼Or and he blesses the one greedy for gain
and erenounces the Lord.Luke 12:15-21
15And he said to them, f“Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” 16And he told them a parable, saying, g“The land of a rich man produced plentifully, 17and he thought to himself, h‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ 18And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my ibarns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up jfor many years; relax, keat, drink, be merry.”’ 20But God said to him, l‘Fool! mThis night nyour soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, owhose will they be?’ 21So is the one pwho lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”Luke 16:13-14
13 qNo servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”The Law and the Kingdom of God
14 rThe Pharisees, who were slovers of money, heard all these things, and they tridiculed him.Romans 1:29
29They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,1 Corinthians 6:10
10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
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