Psalms 49:6
They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
BSB
ASV
They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
KJV
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
They that trust in their wealth,.... In their outward force, power, and strength; their horses, chariots, and armies; see Psa 33:16; or in their worldly goods and substance; which seems to be the sense of the word here, as appears from Psa 49:10. To "trust" in them is to set the eye and heart upon them; or to take up rest in them, to depend on them, to the neglect of divine Providence, with respect to future living in this world; and to expect eternal happiness hereafter, because favoured with many earthly enjoyments here: so to do is evil.
"Wherefore should I be afraid like them?" The days of old age and death are the days of evil, Eccl. xii. In the day of judgment the iniquity of our heels (or of our steps, our past sins) will compass us about, will be set in order before us. Every work will be brought into judgment, with every secret thing; and every one of us must give account of himself.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Jeremiah 9:23This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
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But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor…
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
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1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us…
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He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.
Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.