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.

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Bible References

They

Matthew 13:22
And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that hears the word; and the anxiety of the age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Matthew 19:22
But the young man, having heard this saying, went away grieved; for he was one who had large possessions.
Matthew 26:15
said, "What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver Him up to you?" And they paid him thirty pieces of silver.
James 5:1
Come now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you!
2 Peter 2:15
leaving the right way, they were led astray, having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
Jude 1:11
Woe to them, because they went in the way of Cain, and rushed on in the error of Balsam for hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah!

Many

Mark 4:19
and the anxieties of the age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires about other things entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Ephesians 4:22
that ye put off, as to your former manner of life, the old man, who is corrupt according to the desires of deceit;
1 John 2:15
Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him;

Which

1 Timothy 1:9
knowing this, that law is not enacted for a righteous man, but for lawless and unruly ones, for ungodly and sinful, for unholy and profane, for patricides, and matricides, for man-slayers,
Matthew 27:3
Then Judas, who betrayed Him, seeing that He was condemned, repenting, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the high priests and the elders,
Acts 5:4
While remaining, did it not remain your own? and, when sold, did it not continue in your own authority? Why did you conceive in your heart this thing? You did not lie to men, but to God."
Acts 8:20
But Peter said to him, "Your money perish with you, because you thought to acquire the gift of God with money!
2 Peter 2:3
and, in covetousness, will they, with feigned words, make merchandise of you; for whom the judgment from of old lingers not, and their destruction slumbers not.

General references

Matthew 6:19
"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through, and steal;
Mark 4:7
And other fell among the thorns; and the thorns sprang up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.