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“He that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the
midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.”
Jeremiah 17:11
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The accounts of every business, the details of every transaction,
pass the scrutiny of unseen auditors, agents of Him who never com-
promises with injustice, never overlooks evil, never palliates wrong.
“If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of
judgment and justice, ... marvel not at the matter: for He that is higher
than the highest regardeth.” “There is no darkness, nor shadow of death,
where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.”
Ecclesiastes 5:8
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Job 34:22
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“They set their mouth against the heavens.... And they say, How
doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?” “These
things hast thou done,” God says, “and I kept silence; thou thoughtest
that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee,
and set them in order before thine eyes,”
Psalm 73:9-11
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50:21
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“I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying
roll.... This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth:
for everyone that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to
it; and everyone that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according
to it. I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into
the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely
by My name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall
consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.”
Zechariah
5:1-4
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Against every evildoer God’s law utters condemnation. He may
disregard that voice, he may seek to drown its warning, but in vain. It
follows him. It makes itself heard. It destroys his peace. If unheeded, it
pursues him to the grave. It bears witness against him at the judgment.
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A quenchless fire, it consumes at last soul and body.
“What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and
lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”
Mark 8:36, 37
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This is a question that demands consideration by every parent,
every teacher, every student—by every human being, young or old.
No scheme of business or plan of life can be sound or complete that
embraces only the brief years of this present life and makes no provi-
sion for the unending future. Let the youth be taught to take eternity
into their reckoning. Let them be taught to choose the principles and