1 Timothy 6:17

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1 Timothy 6:17

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Summary

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

Charge

1 Timothy 6:13

1 Timothy 1:3

1 Timothy 5:21

That they

Uncertain riches

Proverbs 23:5

Proverbs 27:24

Ecclesiastes 5:13

Who

General references

1 Timothy 5:7

Bible References

Charge

I charge thee, before God, who engendereth life in all things, and Christ Jesus, who, before Pontius Pilate, witnessed the noble confession,

Even as I exhorted thee to remain in Ephesus, when I was journeying into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some -

I adjure thee, before God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen messengers, that, these things, thou observe, apart from prejudgment, doing, nothing, by partiality.

That they

So shall it be, when Yahweh thy God shall bring thee into the land, which he sware to thy fathers - to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob to give unto thee, - into cities great and goodly, which thou didst not build;

and lest thou shouldest say in thy heart, - Mine own strength and the might of mine own hand, have gotten me this wealth.

And with the chief of the ancient mountains, - And with the precious things of the age-abiding hills;

But, when he became strong, uplifted was his heart, unto ruin, for he acted unfaithfully against Yahweh his God, - and entered into the temple of Yahweh, to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

But, not according to the benefit done unto him, did Hezekiah make return, for uplifted was his heart, - and so there came upon him, wrath, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

For the lawless one hath boasted over the longing of his soul, and, the robber, hath blasphemed Yahweh.

Of the toil of weak mortals, have they none, Nor, with the sons of earth, are they hard smitten.

Lest I be full, and deny, and say - Who is Yahweh? or lest I be impoverished and steal, and do violence to the Name of my God.

O generation see, ye, the word of Yahweh, A desert, became I unto Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Wherefore, have my people said, We have roved about, We will not come in any more unto thee?

Lo! this became the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, - Pride, fulness of bread, and careless security came to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the oppressed and the needy, she strengthened not.

the king spake and said, Is not, this, Babylon the great, - which, I myself, have built as the home of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the dignity of my majesty?

and, for the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, races and tongues, used to tremble and to withdraw falteringly from before him, - Whom he would, he slew, and, whom he would, he kept alive, and, whom he would, he set up, and, whom he would, he put down.

Whenever they were pastured, then were they satisfied, They were satisfied, and their heart, was lifted up, - because of this, they forgat me.

All of which, with a hook, one bringeth up, raketh together with his drag, and hath gathered with his net, -

Well: by their want of faith, they have been broken out, - and, thou, by thy faith, dost stand! - Regard not lofty things, but be afraid;

But boasting be the lowly brother in his uplifting;

Render ye unto her, as, she also, rendered, and double thedouble, according to her works, - in the cup wherein she mixed, mix, unto her, double, -

Uncertain riches

Wilt thou let thine eye fly thereupon, when it is nothing? for it will, surely make, itself wings, Like an eagle, will it wing its way across the heavens.

For, not age-abiding, are riches, nor is the diadem, from generation to generation: -

Here was an incurable evil, I had seen under the sun, riches kept by the owner thereof, to his hurt;

Who

Thou givest unto them, they gather, Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good.

For, all these things, the nations, seek after, - for your heavenly Father, knoweth, that ye are needing, all these things.

And, when they had arrived and gathered together the assembly, they began recounting how many things God had done with them, and that he had opened, unto the nations, a door of faith.

nor, by human hands, is waited upon, as though in want of anything, himself, giving unto all life and breath and all things;

General references

Thus then did Yahweh speak unto Moses and unto Aaron, yea he gave them a charge unto the sons of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, for the bringing forth of the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

Because thou servedst not Yahweh thy God, with rejoicing, and with gladness of heart, for abundance of all things,

If I made gold my stay, and, to precious metal, said, My confidence!

To him who is asking thee, give; and, him who is desiring from thee to borrow, do not thou turn away.

Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig through and steal;

For, unto the Lord, belongeth the earth, and the fullness thereof.

And, these things, be giving in charge, that, without reproach, they may be;