James 5:1-6
1 Come now, you rich people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.
2 Your wealth has rotted and your clothes are moth-eaten.
3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure in the last days.
4 Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who mowed your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Armies.
5 You have lived luxuriously on the earth and have indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
6 You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous, who does not resist you.
Greed invites
Greed allows your possessions to
Proverbs 16:8 (CSB)
8 Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice.
1st Timothy 6:7-10 (CSB)
7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out.
8 If we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
9 But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 (CSB)
10 The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.
2nd Corinthians 8:2 (CSB)
2 During a severe trial brought about by affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.
Generosity is
2nd Corinthians 8:3-4 (CSB)
3 I can testify that, according to their ability and even beyond their ability, of their own accord,
4 they begged us earnestly for the privilege of sharing in the ministry to the saints,
2nd Corinthians 9:6-7 (CSB)
6 The point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.
7 Each person should do as he has decided in his heart—not reluctantly or out of compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver.
Generosity is an expression of the
Generosity invites
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