1 Timothy 6:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

Perverse, etc

1 Timothy 1:6

1 Corinthians 11:16

Men

Supposing

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Romans 16:17

2 Thessalonians 3:6

2 Timothy 3:5

General references

Bible References

Perverse, etc

From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain talk;

But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

Men

Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit.

Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

And then shall that Wicked One be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the breath of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.

Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have worked for, but that we receive a full reward.

Supposing

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Not given to wine, not violent, not greedy of money; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving from his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.

Yea, they are greedy dogs who can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, everyone for his gain, from his own quarter.

For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest everyone deals falsely.

Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for everyone from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest everyone deals falsely.

And they come unto you as the people comes, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their covetousness.

And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayer: therefore you shall receive the greater condemnation.

And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,

For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;

Whose mouths must be stopped, who ruin whole households, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain.

And through covetousness shall they with false words exploit you: whose judgment of old now lingers not, and their destruction slumbers not.

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 rebellion of Korah.

For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich through the abundance of her luxury.

From

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them who cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned; and avoid them.

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother that walks disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received from us.

Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

General references

That they teach you not to do according to all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so that you should sin against the LORD your God.

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causes to stray from the words of knowledge.

But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.

But foolish and ignorant questions avoid, knowing that they do produce strifes.