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 For the love of money is a root of all evils, of which some having lusted after, they were seduced from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
9 But they who will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts which plunge men into 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. You cannot serve God and mammon.
5 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness (which is idolatry),
3 For let fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness 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 to them, Watch and keep yourselves from covetousness. For a man's life is 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 Do not lay up treasures on earth for yourselves, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.20 But lay up treasures in Heaven for yourselves, where neither moth nor rust corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.
4 Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own understanding.
11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be taken away, but he who gathers by 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 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, and he who loves abundance not with] gain. This [is] also vanity.
15 As he came forth from his mother's womb naked, he shall return to go as he came. And from his labor he may not carry anything that may go in his hand.
26 He covets greedily all the day long; but the righteous gives and spares not.
6 For because of this you also pay taxes. For they are God's servants, always giving attention to this very thing.
36 Bow my heart to Your testimonies, and not to unjust gain.