"If I have put
my trust in gold or said to pure gold, 'You are my security,' if I have
rejoiced over my great wealth, the fortune my hands had gained, if I
have regarded the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor, so
that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand offered them a kiss of
homage, then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have
been unfaithful to God on high." (Job)
the fortune my hands had gained
Ezekiel 28:5 (to the ruler of Tyre) " 'By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, and because of your wealth your heart has grown proud.' "
Luke 12:20-21 "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?' This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God."
if I have regarded the sun in its radiance
Genesis 1:16 God made two great lights--the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.
or the moon moving in splendor
Job 25:5-6 "If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes, how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot--a human being, who is only a worm!" (Bildad)
(parentheses are mine)
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