and houses full of all good things which you did not fill, and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and you eat and are satisfied,

then watch yourself, that you do not forget the LORD who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived [in them],

then your heart will become proud and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

"If I have put my confidence [in] gold, And called fine gold my trust,

If I have gloated because my wealth was great, And because my hand had secured [so] much;

Why should I fear in days of adversity, When the iniquity of my foes surrounds me,

No man can by any means redeem [his] brother Or give to God a ransom for him--

That he should live on eternally, That he should not undergo decay.

Their inner thought is [that] their houses are forever [And] their dwelling places to all generations; They have called their lands after their own names.

This is the way of those who are foolish, And of those after them who approve their words. Selah.

But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you up and tear you away from [your] tent, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

"Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge, But trusted in the abundance of his riches [And] was strong in his [evil] desire."

Do not trust in oppression And do not vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, do not set [your] heart [upon them].

A rich man's wealth is his strong city, And like a high wall in his own imagination.

When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For [wealth] certainly makes itself wings Like an eagle that flies [toward] the heavens.

Woe to those who add house to house [and] join field to field, Until there is no more room, So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!

And Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; In all my labors they will find in me No iniquity, which [would be] sin."

Therefore they offer a sacrifice to their net And burn incense to their fishing net; Because through these things their catch is large, And their food is plentiful.

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.

Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!

"Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.

Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit."

Instead, [you ought] to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that."

"Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day.

"Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap;

"They send forth their little ones like the flock, And their children skip about.

"They spend their days in prosperity, And suddenly they go down to Sheol.

Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.

Woe to those who rise early in the morning that they may pursue strong drink, Who stay up late in the evening that wine may inflame them!

Instead, there is gaiety and gladness, Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, Eating of meat and drinking of wine: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die."

Do you put off the day of calamity, And would you bring near the seat of violence?

Who improvise to the sound of the harp, [And] like David have composed songs for themselves,

If from human motives I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, LET US EAT AND DRINK, FOR TOMORROW WE DIE.

whose end is destruction, whose god is [their] appetite, and [whose] glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things.

But she who gives herself to wanton pleasure is dead even while she lives.

treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

For the time already past is sufficient [for] [you] to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and abominable idolatries.

"To the degree that she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, 'I SIT [as] A QUEEN AND I AM NOT A WIDOW, and will never see mourning.'