Wherefore do wicked men liue, come to their olde age, and increase in richesse?
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TSK · Luke 6:24
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Be not thou afrayde though one be made riche: or yf the glorie of his house be encreased.
For the turnyng away of the vnwise shall slay them, and the prosperitie of fooles shall destroy them.
Heare this worde ye kyne of Basan, that are in the mountaine of Samaria, which oppresse the poore, & destroy the needy, which say to their maisters, Bring and let vs drinke.
The glorie of the seconde house, shalbe greater then the glorie of the first, sayth the Lorde of hoastes: and in this place will I geue peace, sayth the Lorde of hoastes.
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are. For they loue to stande, praying in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streates, that they may be sene of men. Ueryly I say vnto you, they haue theyr rewarde.
And he sayde vnto them, Take heede & beware of couetousnes: For no mans lyfe standeth in the aboundaunce of the thynges which he possesseth.
When he hearde this, he was very sory, for he was very riche.
But ye haue despised the poore. Do not riche men oppresse you by tirannie, and drawe you before the iudgementes seates?
Rewarde her euen as she rewarded you, and geue her double accordyng to her workes, and powre in double to her in the same cuppe which she fylled vnto you.