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Hosea 11:1-11 with Psalm 107:1-9, 43 or
Ecclesiastes 1:2,12-14; 2:18-23 with Psalm 49:1-12
Colossians 3:1-11
Luke 12:13-21

Hosea 11:1-11

When Israel was a child,
   I loved him, 
and out of Egypt
   I called my son.
The more I called them,
   the more they went from me;
they kept sacrificing to the Baals,
   and offering incense to idols.

Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
   I took them up in my arms;
but they did not know
   that I healed them.

I led them with cords of human kindness,
   with bands of love.
I was to them like those
   who lift infants to their cheeks.
I bent down to them
   and fed them.

They shall return to the land of Egypt,
   and Assyria shall be their king,
because they have refused
   to return to me.

The sword rages in their cities,
   it consumes their oracle-priests,
and devours because of their schemes.

My people are bent on turning away from me.
To the Most High they call,
   but he does not raise them up at all.

How can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?

My heart recoils within me;
   my compassion grows warm and tender.
I will not execute my fierce anger;
   I will not again destroy Ephraim;
for I am God and no mortal,
   the Holy One in your midst,
and I will not come in wrath.

They shall go after the Lord,
   who roars like a lion; when he roars,
his children shall come trembling from the west.

They shall come trembling like birds from Egypt,
   and like doves from the land of Assyria;
and I will return them to their homes, says the Lord.

and

Psalm 107:1-9, 43

O give thanks to God,
   for God is good;
for God's steadfast love endures 
   forever.

Let the redeemed of God 
   say so,
those whom God redeemed 
   from trouble

and gathered in 
   from the lands,
from the east 
   and the west, 
from the north 
   and the south.

Some wandered 
   in desert wastes,
finding no way 
   to an inhabited town;
hungry and thirsty,
   their soul fainted 
      within them.

Then they cried to God 
   in their trouble,
and God delivered them 
   from their distress;

God led them 
   by a straight way,
until they reached 
   an inhabited town.

Let them thank God 
   for God's steadfast love,
for God's wonderful works 
   to humankind.

For God satisfies 
   the thirsty,
and the hungry 
   God fills with good things.

Let those who are wise 
   give heed to these things,
and consider the steadfast love 
   of God.

or

Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23

Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher,
vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

I, the Teacher, when king over Israel in Jerusalem, applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to human beings to be busy with. I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun; and see, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

I hated all my toil in which I had toiled under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to those who come after me — and who knows whether they will be wise or foolish? Yet they will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity. So I turned and gave my heart up to despair concerning all the toil of my labors under the sun, because sometimes one who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave all to be enjoyed by another who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil. What do mortals get from all the toil and strain with which they toil under the sun? For all their days are full of pain, and their work is a vexation; even at night their minds do not rest. This also is vanity.

and

Psalm 49:1-12

Hear this, 
   all you peoples; 
give ear,
   all inhabitants 
of the world,
   both low and high, 
rich and poor together.

My mouth shall speak wisdom;
   the meditation of my heart
shall be understanding.

I will incline my ear 
   to a proverb;
I will solve my riddle 
   to the music of the harp.

Why should I fear 
   in times of trouble,
when the iniquity of my persecutors 
   surrounds me,

those who trust 
   in their wealth
and boast of the abundance 
   of their riches?

Truly, no ransom avails 
   for one's life,
there is no price one can give 
   to God for it.

For the ransom of life 
   is costly,
and can never suffice,
   that one should live on forever
and never see the grave.

When we look at the wise, 
   they die;
fool and stupid perish 
   together
and leave their wealth 
   to others.

Their graves are their homes 
   forever,
their dwelling-places 
   to all generations,
though they named lands their own.

Mortals cannot abide 
   in their pomp;
they are like the animals 
   that perish.

Colossians 3:1-11

So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.

Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry). On account of these the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient. These are the ways you also once followed, when you were living that life. But now you must get rid of all such things—anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. In that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all!

Luke 12:13-21

Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me." But he said to him, "Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?" And he said to them, "Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions." Then he told them a parable: "The land of a rich man produced abundantly. And he thought to himself, 'What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?' Then he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.' But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich towards God."