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Ganância

Por Bíblia Online –

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 For the desire of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting have erred from the faith, and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.

9 For they that will become rich, fall into temptation, and into the snare of the devil, and into many unprofitable and hurtful desires, which drown men into destruction and perdition.

24 No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, lust, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is the service of idols.

3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not so much as be named among you, as becometh saints:

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 And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth.

36 For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?

19 Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through and steal.20 But lay up to yourselves treasures in heaven: where neither the rust nor moth doth consume, and where thieves do not break through, nor steal.

11 Substance got in haste shall be diminished: but that which by little and little is gathered with the hand shall increase.

Riqueza ilusória

As riquezas são passageiras. Quem ama o dinheiro nunca terá o suficiente. O contentamento com o que se tem é verdadeira riqueza.

10 Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And what doth it profit the owner, but that he seeth the riches with his eyes?

15 A most deplorable evil: as he came, so shall he return. What then doth it profit him that he hath laboured for the wind?

26 He longeth and desireth all the day : but he that is just, will give, and will not cease.

6 For therefore also you pay tribute. For they are the ministers of God, serving unto this purpose.

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