1 Timothy 6:9

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1 Timothy 6:9

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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

Bible References

They

Lot looked out and saw that the entire Jordan Valley as far as Zoar was well watered everywhere like the Lord’s garden and the land of Egypt. This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

for I will greatly honor you and do whatever you ask me. So please come and put a curse on these people for me!’”

Israel has sinned. They have violated My covenant that I appointed for them. They have taken some of what was set apart. They have stolen, deceived, and put the things with their own belongings.

Gehazi, the attendant of Elisha the man of God, thought: My master has let this Aramean Naaman off lightly by not accepting from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.

The one who profits dishonestly troubles his household,
but the one who hates bribes will live.

An inheritance gained prematurely
will not be blessed ultimately.

Making a fortune through a lying tongue
is a vanishing mist, a pursuit of death.

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.

A faithful man will have many blessings,
but one in a hurry to get rich
will not go unpunished.

Woe to those who add house to house
and join field to field
until there is no more room
and you alone are left in the land.

A merchant loves to extort
with dishonest scales in his hands.

Hear this, you who trample on the needy
and do away with the poor of the land,

Those who buy them slaughter them but are not punished. Those who sell them say: Praise the Lord because I have become rich! Even their own shepherds have no compassion for them.

Now the one sown among the thorns—this is one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the seduction of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

When the young man heard that command, he went away grieving, because he had many possessions.

and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” So they weighed out 30 pieces of silver for him.

Come now, you rich people! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.

They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path and have followed the path of Balaam, the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness

Woe to them! For they have traveled in the way of Cain, have abandoned themselves to the error of Balaam for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

Many

but the worries of this age, the seduction

of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

You took off

your former way of life, the old self

that is corrupted by deceitful desires;

Do not love the world or the things that belong to the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.

Which

We know that the law is not meant for a righteous person, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and irreverent, for those who kill their fathers and mothers, for murderers,

Along with the others slain by them, they killed the Midianite kings—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

Then Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, and the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his ox, donkey, and sheep, his tent, and all that he had, and brought them up to the Valley of Achor.

Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.

Wasn’t it yours while you possessed it? And after it was sold, wasn’t it at your disposal? Why is it that you planned this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God!”

But Peter told him, “May your silver be destroyed with you, because you thought the gift of God could be obtained with money!

They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.

General references

But the land was unable to support them as long as they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they could not stay together,

Won’t their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will live with us.”

Please stay here overnight as the others did, so that I may find out what else the Lord has to tell me.”

Do not covet your neighbor’s wife or desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off,
when God takes away his life?

We’ll find all kinds of valuable property
and fill our houses with plunder.

“Don’t collect for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it didn’t produce a crop.