Deuteronomy 8:13 Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:13

13: and when your flocks and herds have become very large and your silver and gold have multiplied along with everything else,

He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred teams of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys, and he employed many servants. He was, in fact, the richest person in that entire area.

We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth for someone else to spend.

So they left Egypt and traveled north into the Negev--Abram with his wife and Lot and all that they owned,
for Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.
Then they continued traveling by stages toward Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where they had camped before.
This was the place where Abram had built the altar, and there he again worshiped the LORD.
Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, was also very wealthy with sheep, cattle, and many tents.

Then someone called from the crowd, "Teacher, please tell my brother to divide our father's estate with me."
Jesus replied, "Friend, who made me a judge over you to decide such things as that?"
Then he said, "Beware! Don't be greedy for what you don't have. Real life is not measured by how much we own."
And he gave an illustration: "A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops.
In fact, his barns were full to overflowing.

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