Genesis 31:9
Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.
BSB
ASV
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
KJV
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father,.... Not all of them, see Gen 31:19; but a great part of them; his flock was much lessened by those means, and more were taken away, and came to Jacob's share, than if Laban had abode by the original agreement: and gave them to me; who has the disposing of all things in the world, whose the world, and all in it, are, and gives of it to the sons of men as he pleases.
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Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
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To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over…
Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
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Matthew 20:15Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
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For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He…
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Psalms 50:10for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.
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By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
