Yet he filled their houses with good {things}: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, {and} be merry.

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

For what pleasure {hath} he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

If his children be multiplied, {it is} for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up {riches}, and knoweth not who shall gather them. {a vain...: Heb. an image}

Behold, these {are} the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase {in} riches.

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth {abundantly}.

Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?

Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

For I was envious at the foolish, {when} I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as {for} hid treasures;

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:

For a day in thy courts {is} better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. {I had...: Heb. I would choose rather to sit at the threshold}

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this {is} vanity, and it {is} an evil disease.

We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

Whose end {is} destruction, whose God {is their} belly, and {whose} glory {is} in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

For {there are} no bands in their death: but their strength {is} firm. {firm: Heb. fat}

Yet he filled their houses with good {things}: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that {was} our father's; and of {that} which {was} our father's hath he gotten all this glory.

And {there was} a man in Maon, whose possessions {were} in Carmel; and the man {was} very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. {possessions: or, business}

Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. {oppress: or, terrify}

An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips {there is} as a burning fire. {An...: Heb. A man of Belial}

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth {abundantly}.

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

All fowls that creep, going upon {all} four, {shall be} an abomination unto you.

We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, {and} who {is} he?

For he seeth {that} wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. {have...: Heb. pass the thoughts of the heart}

Behold, these {are} the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase {in} riches.

Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. {taken: Heb. laboured}

Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. {O...: or, Woe to the Assyrian: Heb. Asshur} {and: or, though}

These great beasts, which are four, {are} four kings, {which} shall arise out of the earth.

But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

Go to now, {ye} rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon {you}.

But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.

Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

And the younger of them said to {his} father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth {to me}. And he divided unto them {his} living.

Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?