Job 20:19-23, Pro 15:27, Ecc 4:8, Jam 2:13, 5:1-5 | ESV | STEP | For he has crushed and abandoned the poor ; he has seized a house that he did not build .

Job 20:19-23

19 For he has crushed and abandoned the poor;
he has seized a house that he did not build.
20 “Because he ^aknew no ^bcontentment in his belly,
^che will not let anything in which he delights escape him.
21 There was nothing left after he had eaten;
therefore his prosperity will not endure.
22 In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress;
the hand of everyone in misery will come against him.
23 To fill his belly to the full,
God ^{▼▼Hebrew he} will send his burning anger against him
and rain it upon him ^einto his body.

Proverbs 15:27

27 Whoever is ^fgreedy for unjust gain ^gtroubles his own household,
but he who hates ^hbribes will live.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

8 one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his ⁱeyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, ^j“For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy ^kbusiness.

James 2:13

13 For ^ljudgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

James 5:1-5

Warning to the Rich

1 Come now, ^myou rich, weep and howl for the ⁿmiseries that are coming upon you. 2 ^oYour riches have rotted and ^pyour garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. ^qYou have laid up treasure ^rin the last days. 4 Behold, ^sthe wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and ^tthe cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of ^uthe Lord of hosts. 5 ^vYou have lived on the earth in luxury and ^win self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in ^xa day of slaughter.