The rich and the poor meet together; ¹  the Lord is the creator of them both. ² 

under a servant ¹  who becomes king, under a fool who is stuffed with food, ² 

For to the one who pleases him, ¹  God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, he gives the task of amassing ²  wealth ³  – only to give ⁴  it ⁵  to the one who pleases God. This ⁶  task of the wicked ⁷  is futile – like chasing the wind!

Again, ¹  I observed this on the earth: ²  the race is not always ³  won by the swiftest, the battle is not always won by the strongest; prosperity ⁴  does not always belong to those who are the wisest, wealth does not always belong to those who are the most discerning, nor does success ⁵  always come to those with the most knowledge – for time and chance may overcome ⁶  them all.

Fools ¹  are placed in many positions of authority, ²  while wealthy men sit in lowly positions.

They will steal your wealth and loot your merchandise. They will tear down your walls and destroy your luxurious ¹  homes. Your stones, your trees, and your soil he will throw ²  into the water. ³ 

Your wealth, products, and merchandise, your sailors and captains, your ship’s carpenters, ¹  your merchants, and all your fighting men within you, along with all your crew who are in you, will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall.

You should not have entered the city ¹  of my people when they experienced distress. ²  You should not have joined ³  in gloating over their misfortune when they suffered distress. ⁴  You should not have looted ⁵  their wealth when they endured distress. ⁶ 

Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! ¹  His appetite ²  is as big as Sheol’s; ³  like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers ⁴  all the nations; he seizes ⁵  all peoples.

For where your ¹  treasure ²  is, there your heart will be also.

he has filled the hungry with good things, ¹  and has sent the rich away empty. ² 

“But woe ¹  to you who are rich, for you have received ²  your comfort ³  already.

For where your treasure ¹  is, there your heart will be also.

Jesus ¹  looked up ²  and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box. ³ 

I have desired ¹  no one’s silver or gold or clothing.

Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.

For in him all the fullness of deity lives ¹  in bodily form,

not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.

They will bring the grandeur and the wealth ¹  of the nations ²  into it,

But Abram said, “O sovereign Lord, ¹  what will you give me since ²  I continue to be ³  childless, and my heir ⁴  is ⁵  Eliezer of Damascus?” ⁶