3. The Folly of Trusting in Riches.
Psalm XLIX, 6. They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
7. None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him.
Psalm LII, 5. God shall likewise destroy thee forever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling-place, and root thee out of the land of the living.
6. The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
7. Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Prov. XI, 28. He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
Prov. X, 15. The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Prov. XXVIII, 11. The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor man that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Jer. IX, 23. Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches.