wealth

48 subentries

wealth. See also achievement; earning a living; money; possessions; private property
acquiring
10 methods of amassing (132:5.2-12)
faithfulness will not insure rewards of (160:4.10)
flows in well-organized channels; wise planning essential for (160:4.10)
psychic circle attainment augments potential for material prosperity (110:6.19)
results from labor, knowledge, and organization (69:2.2)
dangers
harms majority of its devotees (140:8.18) (151:2.2)
love of w. incompatible with spiritual loyalties (163:2.10-11) (163:3.1) (165:4.1)
spiritual stigma when derived from oppression; restore unfair w. to rightful owners (132:5.6,18,22)
undeserved w. may be greatest human affliction (118:10.9)
divinely watered souls are independent of material environment (34:6.8)
do not dictate how rich men shall regard their w. (132:5.14)
historically
Amenemope taught w. was gift of God (95:4.2)
ancients bargained with gods to obtain prosperity (89:8.6)
belief only the rich survived death with dignity (69:9.4)
disgust for unearned w. in continental nation (72:5.12)
early badge of social distinction (69:5.12-13)
gave no Egyptian legal advantage under Ikhnaton (95:5.8)
kings often confiscated goods of wealthy men (69:9.6)
lack of w. did not imply social inferiority in Nazareth (126:5.1)
many primitive rich men distributed w. from fear of assassination (69:5.14)
Moses taught righteousness rewarded by prosperity (135:5.1)
prosperity believed provocative of envy of evil spirits (87:5.4)
prosperity was reward of serving El Shaddai (96:1.6)
slaves commonly sacrificed to show disdain for w. (69:5.14)
w. betokened divine approval for Jews (163:2.6) (166:4.3)
Jesus
decided against compromise with influence of riches (136:8.4) (141:7.8)
did not preach against w., rather its unfair distribution (140:8.15-18)
discussions about (163:3sec) (165:5sec)
leaving w. for sake of kingdom (163:3.4)
parable of Lazarus and Dives (169:3sec)
persons possessing wealth
3 questions asked of the rich (165:4.10-13)
in continental nation (72:5.10)
Jesus condemned the wealthy because they were usually wanton and irreligious (166:4.3) (196:2.8)
Jesus’ counsel to Matadormus (163:2.5-6)
Jesus’ counsel to rich man (132:5sec)
wealthy should administer w. as trustee for succeeding generations (132:5.1)
wealthy should feed the poor (135:6.8)
wealthy should not look on all they control as private possession (132:5.21)
significance of wealth
does not indicate God’s favor (148:6.2)
is unenduring (165:4.6)
no sin to possess honorable w., but love of w. diverts affections (140:8.15-18) (165:4.5-14)
w. is of no consequence if it does not invade soul (163:2.6) (163:3.3)

Cross-references

See also achievement
See also earning a living
See also money
See also possessions
See also private property

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