Do you crave for being rich? How good is it worth? (Part 3)
Fifth: wealth abets bad demeanor:
• Micah 6:12 -> “For the rich men of the city are full of violence, Her residents speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.”.
Sixth: wealth eggs on many people retain the good from those who have right to it (for instance, their employees):
• Leviticus 19:13 -> “You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired man are not to remain with you all night until morning.”.
• Job 20:17-20 -> “He does not look at the streams, The rivers flowing with honey and curds. He returns what he has attained And cannot swallow it; As to the riches of his trading, He cannot even enjoy them. For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; He has seized a house which he has not built. Because he knew no quiet within him, He does not retain anything he desires.”.
• Jeremiah 22:13 -> “Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness And his upper rooms without justice, Who uses his neighbor's services without pay And does not give him his wages,”.
• Malachi 3:5 -> “Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me," says the LORD of hosts.”.
• James 5:1-6 -> “Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.”.
Seventh: The individuals above arrive to the point of demanding that people pay their debts, even if they go to bankrupt and, perhaps, they need to beg for food or become a homeless (of course, in this case, they attract the judgment to themselves):
• Deuteronomy 24:12-15 -> “If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge. When the sun goes down you shall surely return the pledge to him, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and it will be righteousness for you before the LORD your God. You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your countrymen or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns.”.
• Proverbs 22:16 -> “He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself or who gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.”.
Tomorrow we will keep on if Jesus allow us. For now, have a day with affluence of the gifts and talents of the Creator for you.
Fifth: wealth abets bad demeanor:
• Micah 6:12 -> “For the rich men of the city are full of violence, Her residents speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.”.
Sixth: wealth eggs on many people retain the good from those who have right to it (for instance, their employees):
• Leviticus 19:13 -> “You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired man are not to remain with you all night until morning.”.
• Job 20:17-20 -> “He does not look at the streams, The rivers flowing with honey and curds. He returns what he has attained And cannot swallow it; As to the riches of his trading, He cannot even enjoy them. For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; He has seized a house which he has not built. Because he knew no quiet within him, He does not retain anything he desires.”.
• Jeremiah 22:13 -> “Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness And his upper rooms without justice, Who uses his neighbor's services without pay And does not give him his wages,”.
• Malachi 3:5 -> “Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me," says the LORD of hosts.”.
• James 5:1-6 -> “Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.”.
Seventh: The individuals above arrive to the point of demanding that people pay their debts, even if they go to bankrupt and, perhaps, they need to beg for food or become a homeless (of course, in this case, they attract the judgment to themselves):
• Deuteronomy 24:12-15 -> “If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge. When the sun goes down you shall surely return the pledge to him, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and it will be righteousness for you before the LORD your God. You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your countrymen or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns.”.
• Proverbs 22:16 -> “He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself or who gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.”.
Tomorrow we will keep on if Jesus allow us. For now, have a day with affluence of the gifts and talents of the Creator for you.