1 Timothy 6:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

They

Many

Mark 4:19

Ephesians 4:22

1 John 2:15

Which

2 Peter 2:3

General references

Matthew 6:19

Mark 4:7

Bible References

They

But the sown among the thorns, is he who heareth the word, and the anxiety about this world and the deceitfulness of riches, choketh the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

Now when the young man heard this speech, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

and said, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? Then they placed before him thirty pieces of silver.

COME now, ye rich men, let your tears run down, howling over your miseries which are coming upon you.

who forsaking the strait road are gone out of the way, following the path of Balaam the son of Bosor who loved the wages of iniquity.

Wo unto them! for they have walked in the way of Cain, and have eagerly run in Balaam's erroneous path of hire, and have perished in opposition, like Corah.

Many

but the anxious cares of this world, and the seducing nature of wealth, and inordinate desires after other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

that ye put off respecting your former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful passions;

Love not the world, neither the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Which

knowing this, that the law is not made for the just man, but for the lawless and disorderly, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for men-slayers,

Then Judas who betrayed him, seeing that he was condemned, repenting, carried back the thirty silver pieces to the chief priests and the elders,

it remained unsold, was it not vested in thee? and when sold, was it not in thine own power? why then hast thou determined in thine heart to do this deed? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

But Peter said unto him, May thy silver with thyself go into perdition, because thou hast imagined that the gift of God can be purchased with money.

And with plausible speeches will they avariciously make gain of you whose condemnation from of old lingereth not, and their perdition doth not slumber.

General references

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where the rust and canker spoil, and where thieves dig through and steal:

And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it and choked it, and it produced no fruit.