13 Bible Verses about Drawbacks To Riches
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Jesus said to His disciples, "Truly I tell you, it is difficult for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven.
Then Jesus looked around Him and said to His disciples, "How difficult it is for rich people to enter the kingdom of God "
Now Jesus looked at him and said, "How difficult [it is] for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!
It is [actually] easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."
For it is [actually] easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a wealthy person to enter the kingdom of God."
"Now there was a certain rich man who was dressed in purple [clothing] and soft linen [garments] and who lived every day in pleasure and luxury.
No person can serve two masters, for he will either hate the one and love the other, or else he will cling to the one and look down on the other. You cannot serve God and material things [at the same time].
This is [the way it will be with] the person who stores up treasures for himself, and [yet] is not rich toward God [i.e., does place enough importance on spiritual things]."
For in a single hour [all] such great wealth was wasted.' Then all the ships' captains [Note: This word is literally "pilots"], passengers, crewmen and others who work in the maritime shipping industry stood at a distance
And the wealthy person [should be happy] that he is humbled [by God], because he will pass away like a flower [blossoming] from grass. For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass [so that] its flower [blossoms] fall off, and its beautiful appearance is destroyed. In the same way, the wealthy person will fade away as he goes about his business [affairs].
But those people who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and [spiritual] destruction.
