{"id":535,"date":"2007-02-13T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-13T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godspolitics\/2007\/02\/verse-of-day-pursuing-righteousness.html"},"modified":"2007-02-13T09:20:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-13T09:20:00","slug":"verse-of-day-pursuing-righteousness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics\/2007\/02\/verse-of-day-pursuing-righteousness.html","title":{"rendered":"Verse of the Day:  Pursuing Righteousness Rather than Riches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 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