Ganância
A ganância é raiz de todos os males. A Bíblia alerta contra a cobiça, o acúmulo egoísta e o amor ao dinheiro, chamando-nos ao contentamento e à confiança em Deus.
O amor ao dinheiro
O amor ao dinheiro é raiz de todos os males. Quem quer enriquecer cai em tentação, armadilha e desejos insensatos.
10 A root for of all of the evils is the love of money; which some longing after wandered from the faith, and themselves pierced around with sorrows many.
9 Those but wishing to be rich, fall into a temptation and a snare, and desires many foolish and hurtful, which sink deep the men into destruction and ruin.
24 No one is able two lords to serve; either for the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will cling to, and the other he will slight. Not you are able God to serve and mammon.
5 Put you to death therefore the members of you those on the earth, fornication, impurity, passion, desire evil, and the covetousness, which is idol worship;
3 Fornication but and all impurity or unbridled lust not even let it be named among you, (as it becomes holy ones,)
Contentamento
Tende cuidado e guardai-vos de toda espécie de ganância. A vida de um homem não consiste na abundância dos bens que possui.
15 He said and to them: See you and beware you of the covetousness; because not in the to abound any one the life of him is out of the possessions of him.
36 (What for will it profit a man, if he should win the world whole, and he should forfeit the life of himself?
19 Not lay up to you treasures on the earth, where moth and rust destroys, and where thieves dig through and steal;20 lay up but to you treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves not dig through nor steal.
Riqueza ilusória
As riquezas são passageiras. Quem ama o dinheiro nunca terá o suficiente. O contentamento com o que se tem é verdadeira riqueza.
6 On account of this for also taxes pay you; public ministers for of God they are, to same this constantly attending.