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a Proverbs 23:1-8 (…Do not eat the bread of the stingy; do not desire their
delicacies; for like hair in the throat, so are they. “Eat and drink!” they say to
you; but they do not mean it. You will vomit up the little you have eaten, and
you will waste your pleasant words.)

b Matthew 26:51-52 (Suddenly one of those with Jesus put his hand on his
sword, drew it, and struck the slave of the high priest, cutting off his ear.
Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place; for all who take
the sword will perish by the sword.)
Psalm 7:12-16

c 1 Timothy 6:6-10 (Of course there is great gain in godliness combined with
contentment; for we brought nothing into the world so that we can take
nothing out of it; but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with
these. But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by
many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and
destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their
eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced
themselves with many pains.)

d Matthew 23:5-8 (They do all their deeds to be seen by others; for they
make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long. They love to have the
place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues, and to be
greeted with respect in the market places, and to have people call them
rabbi. But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher and you
are all students.)
Habakkuk 2:5

e Matthew 23:12 (All who exalt themselves will be humbled, and all humble
themselves will be exalted.)
Sirach 3:18-20