If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
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!