Is worldly prosperity a reward or a curse? View all View original

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A reward for the righteous and a blessing

Mark 10:29-30 View context

And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,

But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

Psalms 37:25 View context

I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

Psalms 112:1 View context

Praise ye the LORD. Blessed [is] the man [that] feareth the LORD, [that] delighteth greatly in his commandments.

Psalms 112:3 View context

Wealth and riches [shall be] in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

Job 22:23-24 View context

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

Proverbs 15:6 View context

In the house of the righteous [is] much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

A curse and a bar to future reward

Luke 6:20 View context

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed [be ye] poor: for your's is the kingdom of God.

Luke 6:24 View context

But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.

Matthew 6:19 View context

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Matthew 6:21 View context

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Luke 16:22 View context

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

Matthew 19:24 View context

And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Luke 6:24 View context

But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.