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

Bible References

They

Lot looked around and noticed that the whole Jordan plain as far as Zoar was well-watered like the garden of the LORD or like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

I'm determined to reward you generously, and I'll do everything you tell me to do. So come right away and curse this people for me.'"

Israel has sinned. They broke my covenant that I commanded them by taking some of the things that had been turned over to destruction. They have stolen, have been deceitful, and have stored what they stole among their own belongings.

After Naaman had gone only a short distance, Gehazi, the attendant to Elisha, the man of God, told himself, "Look how my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman! He declined to take from him what he brought. As the LORD lives, I'm going to run after him and get something from him."

Those who are greedy for unjust gain bring trouble into their homes, but the person who hates bribes will live.

An inheritance quickly obtained at the beginning will not be blessed at the end.

A fortune gained by deceit is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.

Whoever oppresses the poor to enrich himself and whoever gives gifts to the wealthy will yield only loss.

The faithful man will prosper with blessings, but whoever is in a hurry to get rich will not escape punishment.

"How terrible it will be for you who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is no more room, and you have settled yourselves alone in the middle of the land!"

"Now as for the merchant, deceitful balances remain in his hand, and he loves to defraud.

"Hear this, you who are swallowing up the needy, who intend to make the poor of the land fail,

Their buyers slaughter them without being punished, continuing to sell them as they say, "Bless the LORD!' and, "I'm rich!' Meanwhile, their shepherds show them no compassion.

As for what was sown among the thorn bushes, this is the person who hears the word, but the worries of life and the deceitful pleasures of wealth choke the word so that it can't produce a crop.

But when the young man heard this statement he went away sad, because he had many possessions.

and inquired, "What are you willing to give me if I betray Jesus to you?" They offered him 30 pieces of silver,

Now listen, you rich people! Cry and moan over the miseries that are overtaking you.

They have left the straight path and wandered off to follow the path of Bosor's son Balaam, who loved the reward he got for doing wrong.

11How terrible it will be for them! For they lived like Cain did , rushed headlong into Balaam's error to make a profit, and destroyed themselves, as happened in Korah's rebellion.

Many

but the worries of life, the deceitful pleasures of wealth, and the desires for other things come in and choke the word so that it can't produce a crop.

Regarding your former way of life, you were taught to strip off your old nature, which is being ruined by its deceptive desires,

Stop loving the world and the things that are in the world. If anyone persists in loving the world, the Father's love is not in him.

Which

that is, if he understands that the Law is not intended for righteous people but for lawbreakers and rebels, for ungodly people and sinners, for those who are unholy and irreverent, for those who kill their fathers, their mothers, or other people,

They executed the five kings of Midian, including Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. They also executed Beor's son Balaam with a sword.

Then Joshua, with all Israel accompanying him, took Zerah's son Achan, along with the silver, the mantle, the gold, his sons, his daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and everything that belonged to him to the Valley of Achor.

Then Judas, who had betrayed him, regretted what had happened when he saw that Jesus was condemned. He brought the 30 pieces of silver back to the high priests and elders,

As long as it remained unsold, wasn't it your own? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? So how could you have thought of doing what you did? You didn't lie only to men, but also to God!"

But Peter told him, "May your money perish with you, because you thought you could obtain God's free gift with money!

In their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. The ancient verdict against them is still in force, and their destruction is not delayed.

General references

But the land could not support them living together, because they had so many livestock that they could not stay together.

Shouldn't all their cattle, acquisitions, and animals belong to us? So, let's give our consent to them, and then they'll live with us."

Meanwhile, stay here overnight so I may learn what the LORD might say to me."

""You are not to desire your neighbor's wife nor crave your neighbor's house, his fields, his male and female servants, his ox, his donkey, nor anything that pertains to your neighbor.'"

For where is the hope of the godless when he is eliminated; when God takes away his life?

We'll find all kinds of valuable wealth, and we'll fill our houses with spoil.

"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

Others fell among thorn bushes, and the thorn bushes came up and choked them out, and they didn't produce anything.