1 Timothy 6:17

Instructions To The Rich

¹⁶ who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen. ¹⁷ Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy; ¹⁸ that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

All Things

Do Good

Lifted Up

Living God

Of This World

Romans 11:20

True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;

1 Timothy 4:10

For to this end we both labor and strive, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

Psalm 62:10

Do not trust in oppression. Do not become vain in robbery. If riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

Proverbs 23:5

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

Mark 10:24

The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, "Children, how hard is it to enter into the Kingdom of God.

Acts 14:17

Yet he did not leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness."

Genesis 13:2

Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

Deuteronomy 6:10-12

It shall be, when the LORD your God shall bring you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and goodly cities, which you did not build,

Deuteronomy 8:17

and lest you say in your heart, "My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth."

Deuteronomy 33:15

for the chief things of the ancient mountains, for the precious things of the everlasting hills,

2 Chronicles 26:16

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against the LORD his God; for he went into the LORD's temple to burn incense on the altar of incense.

2 Chronicles 32:25-26

But Hezekiah did not render again according to the benefit done to him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath on him, and on Judah and Jerusalem.

Job 1:1-3

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

Job 31:24-25

"If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'

Psalm 10:3-4

For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns the LORD.

Psalm 52:7

"Behold, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness."

Psalm 62:8

Trust in him at all times, O people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Psalm 73:5-9

They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.

Psalm 84:11-12

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield. The LORD will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

Psalm 104:28

You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.

Psalm 118:8-9

It is better to take refuge in the LORD, than to put confidence in man.

Proverbs 11:28

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

Proverbs 27:24

for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations.

Proverbs 30:9

lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is the LORD?' or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

Ecclesiastes 5:13-14

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

Ecclesiastes 5:18-19

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

Jeremiah 2:31

Generation, consider the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, 'We have broken loose. We will come to you no more?'

Jeremiah 9:23-24

Thus says the LORD, "Do not let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, do not let the rich man glory in his riches;

Jeremiah 17:7-8

Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose trust the LORD is.

Ezekiel 16:49-50

"'Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 16:56

For your sister Sodom was not mentioned by your mouth in the day of your pride,

Daniel 4:30

The king spoke and said, "Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?"

Daniel 5:19-23

And because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. Whom he would he killed, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.

Hosea 13:6

According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.

Habakkuk 1:15-16

He takes up all of them with the hook. He catches them in his net, and gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and is glad.

Matthew 6:32

For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

Matthew 19:23

Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.

Matthew 27:57

When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus' disciple came.

Luke 12:15-21

He said to them, "Beware. Keep yourselves from all covetousness, for a man's life does not consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."

Luke 19:2

There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

Luke 19:9-10

Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.

Acts 14:27

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

Acts 17:25

neither is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.

Ephesians 5:5

Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who 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; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to God.

1 Thessalonians 1:9

For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

1 Timothy 1:3

As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

1 Timothy 3:15

but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

1 Timothy 5:21

I command you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

1 Timothy 6:13

I command you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession,

2 Timothy 4:10

for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

Titus 2:12

instructing us to say ?No? to ungodliness and worldly desires, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age;

Titus 3:6

whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior;

James 1:9-10

But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;

Revelation 18:6-7

Return to her just as she returned, and repay her double as she did, and according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double.