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4 A1 wholesome tongue is a tree of life,
But perverseness in it breaks the spirit. 
5 aA fool despises his father’s instruction,
bBut he who1 receives correction is prudent. 
6 In the house of the righteous there is much treasure,
But in the revenue of the wicked is trouble.
7 The lips of the wise1 disperse knowledge,
But the heart of the fool does not do so. 
8 aThe sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight. 
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We have no reason to have anxiety over this because we share Christ's inheritance, His possessions. He puts these things into our hands.

And I will add to that dignity. The foolish man lacks unrivaled allegiance to God since wealth is his god.

So the Kingdom of God itself is compared to an immense treasure that is worth securing at all costs, as Matthew 13:44 tells us.

The rich man has replaced genuine trust in God, and his reward, that is, treasure in heaven, with worldly riches. He thus breaks the first commandment, You shall have no other gods before Me.

This does not mean that every disciple of Christ must sell all he owns. Instead, the heart should be focused on God, and every possession should be yielded to God, with the result that possessions will be handled as a form of stewardship.

Everything is God's and everything we own is God's, and so we are stewards of it. The path to eternal life lies in turning away from reliance on self-achievements and worldly securities, and instead trusting in Jesus Christ, the Bridegroom.

Excerpted from The Eternal Privileges of the Bride by Martin G. Collins

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