The Lottery

Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, — read the full passage →

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

Jesus said to him again, `It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.' — read the full passage →

Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; -- — read the full passage →

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.

each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I--I will not be under authority by any;

and now, I did write to you not to keep company with <FI>him<Fi> , if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--with such a one not even to eat together;

because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin; — read the full passage →

`The silver or gold or garments of no one did I covet; — read the full passage →

this first knowing, that no prophecy of the Writing doth come of private exposition, — read the full passage →

doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied <FI>with<Fi> silver, nor he who is in love with stores <FI>with<Fi> increase. Even this <FI>is<Fi> vanity.