bSee ch. 9:7-10
Genesis 45:13
13You must tell my father of all my honor in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. Hurry and abring my father down here.”Esther 5:11
11And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, bthe number of his sons, all the promotions with which cthe king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the servants of the king.Job 31:24-25
24 d“If I have made gold my etrustor called ffine gold my confidence,
25if I have grejoiced because my wealth was abundant
or because hmy hand had found much,
Psalms 17:14
14from men by your hand, O Lord,from imen of the world whose jportion is in this life. ▼
▼Or from men whose portion in life is of the world
You fill their womb with treasure; ▼
▼Or As for your treasured ones, you fill their womb
they are satisfied with mchildren,
and they leave their abundance to their infants.
Psalms 49:16-17
16 Be not afraid when a man becomes rich,when the glory of his house increases.
17 nFor when he dies he will ocarry nothing away;
his glory will not go down after him.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
4Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is pvanity ▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verses 7, 8, 16 (see note on 1:2)
and a striving after wind. Isaiah 5:14
14Therefore Sheol has renlarged its appetiteand opened sits mouth beyond measure,
and the nobility of Jerusalem ▼
▼Hebrew her nobility
and her multitude will go down,her revelers and he who uexults in her.
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