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Psalm 62:10
Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.
8Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
9Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
10Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.
11God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.
12Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.
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“If riches increase” extends the warning beyond oppression and robbery, raising the question of what growing wealth might come to mean to your heart.
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Colossians 3:2Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.Both address where attention and devotion are set, warning against attachment to riches or earthly things.
Matthew 6:19“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;Both caution against making earthly wealth central, with Matthew naming the decay and theft that threaten stored treasures.
Luke 12:15He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”Both challenge attachment to possessions, with Luke stating that a person's life does not consist of their abundance.
1 Timothy 6:17Charge those who are rich in this present age that they not be arrogant, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who …Both address people whose riches have increased and warn against setting their heart or hope on wealth.
Psalm 52:7“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”Both connect wrongful conduct with misplaced trust, naming riches as something people rely on instead of God.
Jeremiah 17:11As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his …Both address wealth gained through wrongdoing, with Jeremiah describing the loss and folly that follow unjust gain.
Jeremiah 9:23The LORD says, “Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom. Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might. Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches.Both warn rich people against making their riches a source of inward confidence or pride.
1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many …Both address the heart's attachment to money, with Timothy describing the evil and sorrow that love of money produces.
Deuteronomy 6:10–12It shall be, when the LORD your God brings you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you–a land with great …Both speak of material gain; Deuteronomy names God's gift of cities, while the psalm warns against attachment to riches.
Isaiah 61:8“For I, the LORD, love justice. I hate robbery and iniquity. I will give them their reward in truth and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.Both reject robbery: the psalm warns against becoming vain in it, and Isaiah declares God's hatred of it.
Job 31:24–25“If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’Both examine reliance on wealth, using the language of the heart, hope, and confidence.
Psalm 49:6Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches—Both name wealth as an object of human trust, with Psalm 49 also describing boasting in abundant riches.
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An increase in riches does not have to claim your heart. The surrounding words direct your trust toward God: power and loving kindness belong to him.
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