Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.