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Psalm 10:3

New Living Translation

For they brag about their evil desires; they praise the greedy and curse the Lord.

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Recruit another army like the one you lost. Give us the same number of horses, chariots, and men, and we will fight against them on the plains. There’s no doubt that we will beat them.” So King Ben-hadad did as they suggested.

“Have I put my trust in money or felt secure because of my gold?

They shout, “Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we saw him do it!”

In this life they consider themselves fortunate and are applauded for their success.

They trust in their wealth and boast of great riches.

You will destroy those who tell lies. The Lord detests murderers and deceivers.

Why do you boast about your crimes, great warrior? Don’t you realize God’s justice continues forever?

How long will they speak with arrogance? How long will these evil people boast?

“The enemy boasted, ‘I will chase them and catch up with them. I will plunder them and consume them. I will flash my sword; my powerful hand will destroy them.’

To reject the law is to praise the wicked; to obey the law is to fight them.

I have seen everything in this meaningless life, including the death of good young people and the long life of wicked people.

“Whom have you been defying and ridiculing? Against whom did you raise your voice? At whom did you look with such haughty eyes? It was the Holy One of Israel!

I was angry, so I punished these greedy people. I withdrew from them, but they kept going on their own stubborn way.

“But you! You have eyes only for greed and dishonesty! You murder the innocent, oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly.”

I will destroy your pagan shrines and knock down your places of worship. I will leave your lifeless corpses piled on top of your lifeless idols, and I will despise you.

“What sorrow awaits you who build big houses with money gained dishonestly! You believe your wealth will buy security, putting your family’s nest beyond the reach of danger.

Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”

And I’ll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip.

They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.

or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God.

You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God. For a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.

“Those who hear the warnings of this curse should not congratulate themselves, thinking, ‘I am safe, even though I am following the desires of my own stubborn heart.’ This would lead to utter ruin!

“The Lord saw this and drew back, provoked to anger by his own sons and daughters.

So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.

Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.”

Otherwise you are boasting about your own pretentious plans, and all such boasting is evil.

Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you.

One day he said to his mother, “I heard you place a curse on the person who stole 1,100 pieces of silver from you. Well, I have the money. I was the one who took it.” “The Lord bless you for admitting it,” his mother replied.

“The Lord bless you,” Saul said. “At last someone is concerned about me!




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