1 Timothy 6:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

The love

Coveted

And pierced

2 Peter 2:7

General references

Bible References

The love

Shall not their livestock and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? Only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

And he turned unto her by the way and said, Come now, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee (for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law). And she said, What wilt thou give me that thou may come in unto me?

Keep thee far from a false matter; and slay thou not the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.

Thou shalt not twist that which is right; thou shalt not respect persons neither take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

because they did not meet you with bread and with water in the way when ye came forth out of Egypt and because they hired against thee Balaam, the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

Then Micah said unto him, Dwell with me and be a father and a priest unto me, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year and the ordinary apparel and thy food. So the Levite went in.

And they said unto him, Silence, lay thy hand upon thy mouth and go with us to be our father and priest; is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family of Israel?

when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him and slew him in Ziklag as a reward for his tidings.

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain which takes away the life of those who possess it.

Thy princes are rebellious and companions of thieves; every one loves bribes and follows after rewards; they do not hear the fatherless in judgment, neither does the cause of the widow come unto them.

And these anxious dogs are insatiable, and even the shepherds did not know enough to understand: they all look to their own ways, each one for his gain, from his quarter.

As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit; thus they became great and rich.

And will ye profane me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, slaying the souls that should not die and giving life to the souls that should not live, by your lying to my people that listen to the lie?

They give gifts to all whores, but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers and givest them offerings that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.

In thee they have taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion and hast forgotten me, said the Lord GOD.

the heads thereof judge for bribes, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they come near unto the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? No evil can come upon us.

To complete the evil with their hands, the prince demands, and the judge judges for a reward; and the great man speaks the desires of his heart: and they confirm it.

Who is there even among you that would shut the doors or tend the fire on my altar for free? I have no pleasure in you, said the LORD of the hosts, neither will the offering from your hand be agreeable unto me.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayer; therefore, ye shall receive the greater judgment.

Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit by the mouth of David spoke before concerning Judas, who was guide to those that took Jesus.

whose mouths it is expedient to stop, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain.

and cinnamon and odours and ointments and frankincense and wine and oil and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and of sheep, and of horses, and of chariots and of bodies and souls of men.

Coveted

which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.

for Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

But I have a few things against thee because thou hast there those that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols and to commit fornication.

And pierced

And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.

The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

There are many sorrows for the wicked; but he that waits in the LORD, mercy shall compass him round about.

Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own counsel.

and delivered just Lot, who was persecuted by those abominable people because of their nefarious conversation;

General references

Shall not their livestock and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? Only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night that I may know what the LORD will say unto me again.

Thou shalt not desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field or his manslave or his maidslave, his ox or his ass or any thing that is thy neighbour's.

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has stolen much, when God takes away his soul?

If I have made gold my hope or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

We shall find all kinds of riches, we shall fill our houses with spoil.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal;

And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.