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In God we trust, but the love for money is the root of all evil. Money in itself is neutral, but it's the love of money that lets the devils in. For it is not possible to serve two masters. Hate the one or love the other, or follow this one and forsake the other. That's how it goes. You can't serve both God and Mammon. For in the house of pain, I saw many men bow to slots and tables to strike it rich at the push of a button. I was one of them. They played their cards, and bet on horses but fail to win. Sadly, some have won but lost their souls. Winners know when to stop, they say, but winners never quit I was told. Cry to God, whoever you are, for the love and loss of money will drag your soul deep into hell's despair. The real lucky ones are not the lotto winners but those who won the battle against flattering riches to escape the devils' torture. For whoever wants to be rich falls into many temptations and snares, and into foolish and hurtful lusts that drown men in destruction and perdition.

For the love of money is the root of all evil, which some coveted after, have erred from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. For the cares, riches, and pleasures of this life choke them and end up failing to bring fruit to perfection. Perverse disputing of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness, from such withdraw yourself. For godliness with contentment is a great gain. You brought nothing into this world, and you can certainly carry nothing out.

Having food and clothes, with that be content. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life is not of the Father but is of the world. Don’t lay up for yourself treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust corrupt and where thieves break in and steal. But lay up for yourself treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust corrupt, and where thieves cannot break in to steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart also be. The light of the body is the eye and if therefore your eye is single, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you be darkness, how great is that darkness?