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.
For the love of money is a source of all kinds of evil. Some have been so eager to have it that they have wandered away from the faith and have broken their hearts with many sorrows.
But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and are caught in the trap of many foolish and harmful desires, which pull them down to ruin and destruction.
"You cannot be a slave of two masters; you will hate one and love the other; you will be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
You must put to death, then, the earthly desires at work in you, such as sexual immorality, indecency, lust, evil passions, and greed (for greed is a form of idolatry).
Since you are God’s people, it is not right that any matters of sexual immorality or indecency or greed should even be mentioned among you.
Contentamento
Tende cuidado e guardai-vos de toda espécie de ganância. A vida de um homem não consiste na abundância dos bens que possui.
And he went on to say to them all, "Watch out and guard yourselves from every kind of greed; because your true life is not made up of the things you own, no matter how rich you may be."
Do you gain anything if you win the whole world but lose your life? Of course not!
"Do not store up riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and robbers break in and steal. Instead, store up riches for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and robbers cannot break in and steal.
Be wise enough not to wear yourself out trying to get rich.
The more easily you get your wealth, the sooner you will lose it. The harder it is to earn, the more you will have.
Riqueza ilusória
As riquezas são passageiras. Quem ama o dinheiro nunca terá o suficiente. O contentamento com o que se tem é verdadeira riqueza.
If you love money, you will never be satisfied; if you long to be rich, you will never get all you want. It is useless.
We leave this world just as we entered it—with nothing. In spite of all our work there is nothing we can take with us.
all they do is think about what they would like to have. The righteous, however, can give, and give generously.
That is also why you pay taxes, because the authorities are working for God when they fulfill their duties.
Give me the desire to obey your laws
rather than to get rich.