17 those who had their pastime with the fowls of the air, and those who hoarded up silver and gold, in which people trust, and of their getting there is no end? (WEB)
Baruch 3:17
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Job 3:14–16
14 with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins, 15 or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver. 16 Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
Book of Enoch 7:2–4
2 And they became pregnant, and they bare great giants, whose height was three thousand ells: (ENO) 3 Who consumed all the acquisitions of men. (ENO) 4 And when men could no longer sustain them, the giants turned against them and devoured mankind. (ENO)
Wisdom of Solomon 19:10–12
10 For they still remembered the things that happened in the time of their sojourning, how instead of bearing cattle, the land brought forth lice, and instead of fish, the river spewed out a multitude of frogs. (WEB) 11 But afterwards, they also saw a new kind of birds, w… (WEB)
Psalms 49:5–7
5 Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me? 6 They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches. 7 No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
2 Esdras 16:46–48
46 for foreigners will reap their fruits, plunder their goods, overthrow their houses, and take their children captive, for in captivity and famine they will conceive their children. (WEB) 47 Those who conduct business, do so only to be plundered. The more they adorn thei… (WEB)
Sirach 11:18–20
18 One grows rich by his diligence and self-denial, and this is the portion of his reward: (WEB) 19 when he says, “I have found rest, and now I will eat of my goods!” he doesn’t know how much time will pass until he leaves them to others and dies. (WEB) 20 Be steadfast in your cove… (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 15:11–13
11 because he was ignorant of him who molded him, and of him that inspired into him an active soul, and breathed into him a vital spirit. (WEB) 12 But he accounted our life to be a game, and our lifetime a festival for profit; for, he says, one must get gain however one c… (WEB)
2 Peter 2:12–14
12 These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed. 13 The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness.… 14 …
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