Job 20:19-23, Psa 37:16, Pro 10:22, 16:8, Ecc 4:6, 5:10-14, Jam 5:1-3 | 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.

Psalms 37:16

16 ^fBetter is the little that the righteous has
than the abundance of many wicked.

Proverbs 10:22

22 ^gThe blessing of the Lord makes rich,
and he adds no sorrow with it. ^{▼▼Or and toil adds nothing to it}

Proverbs 16:8

8 ⁱBetter is a little with righteousness
than great revenues with injustice.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

6 ^jBetter is a handful of ^kquietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 5:10-14

10 He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. 11 When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes? 12 Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.

13 ^lThere is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt, 14 and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand.

James 5:1-3

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.