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 enjoin thee before God who preserves all things in life, and Christ Jesus who witnessed before Pontius Pilate the good confession,

Even as I begged thee to remain in Ephesus, when I was going to Macedonia, that thou mightest enjoin some not to teach other doctrines,

I testify before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, that thou keep these things without prejudice, doing nothing by favour.

That they

And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into the land which he swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee: great and good cities which thou buildedst not,

And thou say in thy heart, my power And the might of my hand has procured me This wealth.

And by the best things of the ancient mountains, And by the precious things of the everlasting hills,

But when he became strong his heart was lifted up to his downfall; and he transgressed against Jehovah his God, and went into the temple of Jehovah to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done to him, for his heart was lifted up; and there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.

They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like other men:

lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.

O generation, mark ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Wherefore say my people, We have dominion; we will come no more unto thee?

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

the king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?

and for the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he exalted, and whom he would he humbled.

According to their pasture, they became full; they became full, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.

He taketh up all of them with the hook, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them into his drag; therefore he rejoiceth and is glad:

Right: they have been broken out through unbelief, and thou standest through faith. Be not high-minded, but fear:

But let the brother of low degree glory in his elevation,

Recompense her even as she has recompensed; and double to her double, according to her works. In the cup which she has mixed, mix to her double.

Uncertain riches

wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.

for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation?

There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt;

Who

That thou givest unto them, they gather; thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good.

for all these things the nations seek after; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things.

And having arrived, and having brought together the assembly, they related to them all that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.

nor is served by men's hands as needing something, himself giving to all life and breath and all things;

General references

And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a commandment to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

Because thou servedst not Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of everything,

If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!

To him that asks of thee give, and from him that desires to borrow of thee turn not away.

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

For the earth is the Lord's and its fulness.

And these things enjoin, that they may be irreproachable.