Psalms 62:10

10Put no trust in extortion;
aset no vain hopes on robbery;
bif riches increase, set not your heart on them.

Isaiah 23:3

3And on many waters
your revenue was the grain of Shihor,
the harvest of the Nile;
you were cthe merchant of the nations.

Isaiah 23:8

8Who has purposed this
against Tyre, the bestower of crowns,
whose merchants were princes,
whose traders were the honored of the earth?

Ezekiel 27:12-36

12 dTarshish did ebusiness with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your fwares. 13 gJavan, hTubal, and iMeshech traded with you; they exchanged human beings and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. 14From jBeth-togarmah they exchanged horses, war horses, and mules kfor your wares. 15The men of lDedan
Hebrew; Septuagint Rhodes
traded with you. Many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony.
16Syria ndid business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares oemeralds, ppurple, qembroidered work, rfine linen, coral, and sruby. 17Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise twheat of uMinnith, meal,
The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown
honey, oil, and wbalm.
18 xDamascus did business with you for your abundant goods, because of your great wealth of every kind; wine of Helbon and ywool of Sahar 19and casks of wine
Probable reading; Hebrew  wool of Sahar, Vedan, and Javan
from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron, aacassia, and abcalamus were bartered for your merchandise.
20Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. 21Arabia and all the princes of acKedar were your favored dealers adin lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you. 22The traders of aeSheba and afRaamah traded with you; they exchanged agfor your wares ahthe best of all kinds of spices and all precious stones and gold. 23 aiHaran, Canneh, ajEden, traders of Sheba, akAsshur, and Chilmad traded with you. 24In your market these traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of alblue and amembroidered work, and in carpets of colored material, bound with cords and made secure. 25 anThe ships of aoTarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. So you were filled and heavily laden apin the heart of the seas.

26 “Your rowers have brought you out
into the high seas.
aqThe east wind has wrecked you
in the heart of the seas.
27Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,
your mariners and aryour pilots,
asyour caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,
and all your men of war who are in you,
with all your crew
that is in your midst,
sink into the heart of the seas
aton the day of your fall.
28At the sound of the cry of your pilots
authe countryside shakes,
29and down from their ships
avcome all who handle the oar.
The mariners and all the pilots of the sea
stand on the land
30 awand shout aloud over you
and cry out bitterly.
axThey cast dust on their heads
ayand wallow in ashes;
31they azmake themselves bald for you
and put sackcloth on their waist,
and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,
with bitter mourning.
32In their wailing they baraise a lamentation for you
and lament over you:
bbWho is like Tyre,
like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?
33When your wares came from the seas,
bcyou satisfied many peoples;
with your abundant wealth and merchandise
bdyou enriched the kings of the earth.
34Now beyou are wrecked by the seas,
in the depths of the waters;
your merchandise and all your crew in your midst
have sunk with you.
35 bfAll the inhabitants of the coastlands
are appalled at you,
and bgthe hair of their kings bristles with horror;
their faces are convulsed.
36 bhThe merchants among the peoples bihiss at you;
bjyou have come to a dreadful end
and shall be no more forever.’”

Hosea 12:7-8

7 A merchant, in whose hands are bkfalse balances,
he loves blto oppress.
8Ephraim has said, “Ah, but bmI am rich;
I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labors bnthey cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”

Zechariah 9:3

3Tyre has built herself boa rampart
and bpheaped up silver like dust,
and fine gold like the mud of the streets.

James 4:13-14

Boasting About Tomorrow

13Come now, you who say, bqToday or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For bryou are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
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