1 Timothy 6:17

Instructions To The Rich

¹⁶ He alone possesses immortality and lives in unapproachable light, whom no human has ever seen or is able to see. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen. ¹⁷ Command those who are rich in this world's goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment. ¹⁸ Tell them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, to be generous givers, sharing with others.

All Things

Do Good

Lifted Up

Living God

Of This World

Romans 11:20

Granted! They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but fear!

1 Timothy 4:10

In fact this is why we work hard and struggle, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers.

Psalm 62:10

Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!

Proverbs 23:5

When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

Mark 10:24

The disciples were astonished at these words. But again Jesus said to them, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

Acts 14:17

yet he did not leave himself without a witness by doing good, by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying you with food and your hearts with joy."

Genesis 13:2

(Now Abram was very wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold.)

Deuteronomy 6:10-12

Then when the Lord your God brings you to the land he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give you -- a land with large, fine cities you did not build,

Deuteronomy 8:17

Be careful not to say, "My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth."

Deuteronomy 33:15

with the best of the ancient mountains and the harvest produced by the age-old hills;

2 Chronicles 26:16

But once he became powerful, his pride destroyed him. He disobeyed the Lord his God. He entered the Lord's temple to offer incense on the incense altar.

2 Chronicles 32:25-26

But Hezekiah was ungrateful; he had a proud attitude, provoking God to be angry at him, as well as Judah and Jerusalem.

Job 1:1-3

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was pure and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.

Job 31:24-25

"If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold, 'You are my security!'

Psalm 10:3-4

Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the Lord.

Psalm 52:7

"Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others."

Psalm 62:8

Trust in him at all times, you people! Pour out your hearts before him! God is our shelter! (Selah)

Psalm 73:5-9

They are immune to the trouble common to men; they do not suffer as other men do.

Psalm 84:11-12

For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.

Psalm 104:28

You give food to them and they receive it; you open your hand and they are filled with food.

Psalm 118:8-9

It is better to take shelter in the Lord than to trust in people.

Proverbs 11:28

The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

Proverbs 27:24

for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation.

Proverbs 30:9

lest I become satisfied and act deceptively and say, "Who is the Lord?" Or lest I become poor and steal and demean the name of my God.

Ecclesiastes 5:13-14

Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

Ecclesiastes 5:18-19

I have seen personally what is the only beneficial and appropriate course of action for people: to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all their hard work on earth during the few days of their life which God has given them, for this is their reward.

Jeremiah 2:31

You people of this generation, listen to what the Lord says. "Have I been like a wilderness to you, Israel? Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to you? Why then do you say, 'We are free to wander. We will not come to you any more?'

Jeremiah 9:23-24

The Lord says, "Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich.

Jeremiah 17:7-8

My blessing is on those people who trust in me, who put their confidence in me.

Ezekiel 16:49-50

"'See here -- this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 16:56

In your days of majesty, was not Sodom your sister a byword in your mouth,

Daniel 4:30

The king uttered these words: "Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence by my own mighty strength and for my majestic honor?"

Daniel 5:19-23

Due to the greatness that he bestowed on him, all peoples, nations, and language groups were trembling with fear before him. He killed whom he wished, he spared whom he wished, he exalted whom he wished, and he brought low whom he wished.

Hosea 13:6

When they were fed, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; as a result, they forgot me!

Habakkuk 1:15-16

The Babylonian tyrant pulls them all up with a fishhook; he hauls them in with his throw net. When he catches them in his dragnet, he is very happy.

Matthew 6:32

For the unconverted pursue these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

Matthew 19:23

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven!

Matthew 27:57

Now when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus.

Luke 12:15-21

Then he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

Luke 19:2

Now a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector and was rich.

Luke 19:9-10

Then Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this household, because he too is a son of Abraham!

Acts 14:27

When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.

Acts 17:25

nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone.

Ephesians 5:5

For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.

1 Thessalonians 1:9

For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

1 Timothy 1:3

As I urged you when I was leaving for Macedonia, stay on in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to spread false teachings,

1 Timothy 3:15

in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, because it is the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.

1 Timothy 5:21

Before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, I solemnly charge you to carry out these commands without prejudice or favoritism of any kind.

1 Timothy 6:13

I charge you before God who gives life to all things and Christ Jesus who made his good confession before Pontius Pilate,

2 Timothy 4:10

For Demas deserted me, since he loved the present age, and he went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia.

Titus 2:12

It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Titus 3:6

whom he poured out on us in full measure through Jesus Christ our Savior.

James 1:9-10

Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position.

Revelation 18:6-7

Repay her the same way she repaid others; pay her back double corresponding to her deeds. In the cup she mixed, mix double the amount for her.