- But whoever has worldly goods and sees his brother or sister in need, and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God remain in him?
- No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
- “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I wait for Him.” - As sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.
- When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to look at them?
- I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a person and his neighbor. This too is futility and striving after wind.
- And he would answer and say to them, “The one who has two tunics is to share with the one who has none; and the one who has food is to do likewise.”
- As they had their pasture, they became satisfied,
And as they became satisfied, their heart became proud;
Therefore they forgot Me. - The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth,
But the poor hears no rebuke. - You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male slave, or his female slave, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
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The Lord is good and upright;Therefore He instructs sinners in the way.
He leads the humble in justice,
And He teaches the humble His way.