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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 love of money is the root of all evil, which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

9 For those that desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.

24 No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and riches.

5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil lust, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

3 But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not be once named among you as becomes 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 unto them, Take heed and beware of [all] covetousness; for a man's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesses.

36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?

19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal;20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust corrupt and where thieves do not break through nor steal;

11 The riches of vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathers by labour 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 He that loves money shall not be satisfied with money; nor he that loves abundance with increase; this [is] also vanity.

15 As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

26 There is [one] who covets greedily all day long, but the righteous gives and keeps on giving.

6 For for this cause ye also pay [them] tribute, for they are God's ministers, attending continually to this very thing.

36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies and not to covetousness.

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