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WISDOM AND SOUND ADVICE FROM THE TORAH

Though he heaps up sil ver like dust and clothes like piles of
clay, what he lays up the right eous will wear, and the in no -
cent will di vide his sil ver. The house he builds is like a moth's
co coon, like a hut made by a watch man. He lies down
wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all
is gone. (Job, 27:16-19)

Avoiding Unfair Earnings

... Woe to him who piles up sto len goods and makes him self
wealthy by ex tor tion!... (Habakkuk, 2:6)

Be care ful that no one en tices you by rich es; do not let a large
bribe turn you aside. (Job, 36:18)

Like a par tridge that hatch es eggs it did not lay is the man
who gains rich es by un just means. When his life is half gone,
they will desert him, and in the end he will prove to be a fool.
(Jeremiah, 17:11)

Dishonest mon ey dwin dles away, but he who gath ers mon -
ey lit tle by lit tle makes it grow. (Proverbs, 13:11)

Who lends his mon ey with out usu ry and does not ac cept a
bribe against the in no cent. He who does these things will
nev er be shak en. (Psalms, 15:5)

Better the lit tle that the right eous have than the wealth of
many wick ed. (Psalms, 37:16)

"Woe to him who builds his pal ace by un right eous ness...
mak ing his coun try men work for noth ing, not pay ing them
for their la bor." (Jeremiah, 22:13)

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