Greed Pauperises the Soul
Isaiah 5:8-10
Woe to them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place…


A farmer said "he should like to have all the land that joined his own." Bonaparte, who had the same appetite, endeavoured to make the Mediterranean a French lake. Czar Alexander was more expansive, and wished to call the Pacific "my ocean"; and the Americans were obliged to resist his attempts to make it a close sea. But if he had the earth for his pasture, and the sea for his pond, he would be a pauper still. He only is rich who owns the day.

(R. W. Emerson.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

WEB: Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!




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