6
Many have come to ruin because of gold, and their destruction has met them face to face.
7
It is a stumbling block to those who are avid for it, and every fool will be taken captive by it.
8
Blessed is the rich person who is found blameless, and who does not go after gold.
9
Who is he, that we may praise him? For he has done wonders among his people.
10
Who has been tested by it and been found perfect? Let it be for him a ground for boasting. Who has had the power to transgress and did not transgress, and to do evil and did not do it?
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.