Religion does bring large profits.
But only to those who are content with what they have.
We just have to follow the prophets.
And we find it as a soothing as any salve.

We are told as long as we have food and clothing.
Let us be content with that.
But we never are , we’re always grasping.
And again and again we fall flat.

We are told , the love of money.
Is the root of all evil.
But it passes through our hands like honey.
There’s something in this that’s almost primeval.

The truth is we can’t do without money’s lure.
Even if again and again it makes us sore.

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The root of evil
Is money we are all told
And we do nothing

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See 1Timothy 6 : 2-12