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Never pin thy hopes on the power of wealth ill gotten; the Lord is a true judge, not swayed by partiality, (Ecclesiasticus 35, 15)
But he must have no lands in the conquered territory, no share like the rest of his race; the Lord should be his wealth, the Lord his portion. (Ecclesiasticus 45, 27)
This boy will not have learned to use the words Father and Mother, before the king of Assyria comes to carry off the wealth of Damascus, the spoils of Samaria. (Isaiah 8, 4)
Ezechias was delighted at the coming of these envoys, and shewed them his scented treasure-house,✻ with its silver and gold and spices and rich ointments; the rooms where his ornaments were kept; all the wealth of his store-house. There was nothing in palace or domain but he showed it to them. (Isaiah 39, 2)
Thy gates shall stand open continually, no need to shut them day or night;✻ make way for the wealth of the nations that shall flow into thee, for the kings with their escorts! (Isaiah 60, 11)
for you, a higher name, a greater calling, priests and chosen ministers of the Lord our God. All the wealth of the nations shall be yours to enjoy, their spoils shall be your boast; (Isaiah 61, 6)
Listen, while I tell again the story of the Lord’s mercies, what renown the Lord has won; all the Lord has done for us, all the wealth of blessings his pardoning love, his abounding pity has lavished on the race of Israel. (Isaiah 63, 7)
Thus says the Lord, Peace shall flow through her like a river, the wealth of the nations shall pour into her like a torrent in flood; this shall be the milk you drain, like children carried at the breast, fondled on a mother’s lap. (Isaiah 66, 12)
Never was cage so full of birds, as their homes of wealth ill gotten; men of power and riches, (Jeremiah 5, 27)
All the wealth of this city, all the fruits of its toil, all that is of price, all the treasury of Juda’s kings, those enemies shall have in their power, to plunder and carry off and take back to Babylon with them. (Jeremiah 20, 5)
heaping up silver and gold, man’s confidence, man’s interminable quest? How anxiously they toiled for wealth! And now these devices of theirs are beyond our tracing. (Baruch 3, 18)
What of the prophets?✻ A sworn conspiracy; lions roaring for their prey, the lives of men; wealth and treasure they must have; there be widows everywhere. (Ezekiel 22, 25)
