Job 21:7-15

7 ^aWhy do the wicked live,
reach old age, and grow mighty in power?
8Their ^boffspring are established in their presence,
and their descendants before their eyes.
9Their houses are ^csafe from fear,
and ^dno rod of God is upon them.
10Their bull breeds without fail;
their cow calves and ^edoes not miscarry.
11They send out their ^flittle boys like a flock,
and their children dance.
12They sing to ^gthe tambourine and ^hthe lyre
and rejoice to the sound of ⁱthe pipe.
13They ^jspend their days in prosperity,
and in ^kpeace they go down to ^lSheol.
14They say to God, ^m‘Depart from us!
We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
15 ⁿWhat is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
And what ^oprofit do we get if we pray to him?’

Psalms 49:6-7

6those who ^ptrust in their wealth
and boast of the abundance of their riches?
7Truly no man ^qcan ransom another,
or ^rgive to God ^sthe price of his life,

Psalms 49:16-19

16 Be not afraid when a man becomes rich,
when the glory of his house increases.
17 ^tFor when he dies he will ^ucarry nothing away;
his glory will not go down after him.
18For though, while he lives, he counts himself ^vblessed
—and though you get praise when you do well for yourself—
19his soul will ^wgo to the generation of his fathers,
who will never again ^xsee light.

Psalms 73:3-12

3 ^yFor I was ^zenvious of the arrogant
when I saw the ^aaprosperity of the wicked.
4 For they have no pangs until death;
their bodies are fat and sleek.
5They are not in trouble as others are;
they are not ^abstricken like the rest of mankind.
6Therefore pride is ^actheir necklace;
violence covers them as ^ada garment.
7Their ^aeeyes swell out through fatness;
their hearts overflow with follies.
8They scoff and ^afspeak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.
9They set their mouths against the heavens,
and their tongue struts through the earth.
10Therefore his people turn back to them,
and find ^agno fault in them. ▼

▼Probable reading; Hebrew the waters of a full cup are drained by them

11And they say, ^ai“How can God know?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12Behold, these are the wicked;
always at ease, they ^ajincrease in riches.

Proverbs 1:32

32For the simple are killed by ^aktheir turning away,
and ^althe complacency of fools destroys them;

Luke 12:15-21

15And he said to them, ^am“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, ^an“The land of a rich man produced plentifully, 17and he thought to himself, ^ao‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ 18And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my ^apbarns 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 ^aqfor many years; relax, ^areat, drink, be merry.”’ 20But God said to him, ^as‘Fool! ^atThis night ^auyour soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, ^avwhose will they be?’ 21So is the one ^awwho lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

Luke 18:23-25

23 ^axBut when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich. 24Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, ^ay“How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter ^azthe kingdom of God! 25For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter ^bathe kingdom of God.”