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 cattle and their substance and every animal of theirs be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will live with us.

And he turned aside to her by the wayside, and said, Come now, let me come in to you. For he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me, so that you may come in to me?

Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked.

You shall not pervert judgment; you shall not respect persons, nor take a gift. 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 you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor, of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

And Micah said to him, Live with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of clothes, and your food. And the Levite went in.

And they said to him, Be quiet, lay your hand on your mouth and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or that you be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good news, I took hold of him and killed him in Ziklag. I gave that to him as a reward.

So are the ways of everyone who gains unjust gain; it takes away its owners' life.

your rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves; everyone loves a bribe, and is pursuing rewards; they do not judge the orphan, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.

Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough; and they are shepherds who cannot understand. They all look to their own way, every one for his gain, to his own end.

Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and grown rich.

And will you profane Me among My people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls that should not die; and to save alive the souls that should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies.

They give a gift to all harlots, but you give your gifts to all your lovers, and bribe them to come to you from all around, for your fornication.

In you they have taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken usury and increase, and you gained by extortion of your neighbors, and you have forgotten Me, says the Lord Jehovah.

Her heads judge for a bribe, and her priests teach for pay, and her prophets divine for silver, yet they will lean on Jehovah and say, Is not Jehovah among us? No evil can come on us!

Both hands are on evil, to do it well. The ruler asks for a bribe, and the judge also; and the great man speaks the evil desire of his soul. So they weave it together.

Who is even among you who will shut the doors, and you not kindle fire on My altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says Jehovah of Hosts. I will not be pleased with an offering from you.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and pray at length as a pretense. Therefore you shall receive the greater condemnation.

Men, brothers, this Scripture must have been fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit by the mouth of David spoke before concerning Judas, who became guide to those who seized Jesus.

whose mouth you must stop, who subvert whole houses, teaching things not right for the sake of ill gain.

and cinnamon, and incenses, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.

Coveted

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

For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and he has departed to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

Woe to them! For they went the way of Cain, and gave themselves up to the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah.

But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the teachings of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit fornication.

And pierced

And Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. And he stayed with him for a month.

And the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your seed forever. And he went out from his presence as leprous as snow.

The wicked has many sorrows, but mercy embraces him who trusts in Jehovah.

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

And He delivered righteous Lot, oppressed with the lustful behavior of the lawless.

General references

Shall not their cattle and their substance and every animal of theirs be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will live with us.

But please now stay here also this night so that I may know what more Jehovah will say to me.

And you shall not lust after your neighbor's wife, nor shall you covet your neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is your neighbor's.

For what is the hope of the ungodly when He cuts off, when God takes away his soul?

If I have made gold my hope, or have called fine gold my trust;

we shall find all precious goods; we shall fill our houses with plunder;

Do not lay up treasures on earth for yourselves, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.

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