Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

General references

Bible References

He was

Mark 6:26
And although the king was very sorry, yet because of his oaths and because of his dinner guests, he was unwilling to refuse her.
2 Corinthians 7:9
I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything through us.

How

Deuteronomy 6:10
“Then it shall come about when the Lord your God brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you, great and splendid cities which you did not build,
Deuteronomy 8:11
Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping His commandments and His ordinances and His statutes which I am commanding you today;
Psalm 10:3
For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire,
And the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord.
Psalm 73:5
They are not in trouble as other men,
Nor are they plagued like mankind.
Proverbs 11:28
He who trusts in his riches will fall,
But the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.
Proverbs 18:11
A rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own imagination.
Proverbs 30:9
That I not be full and deny You and say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or that I not be in want and steal,
And profane the name of my God.
Jeremiah 2:31
“O generation, heed the word of the Lord.
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
Or a land of thick darkness?
Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam;
We will no longer come to You’?
Jeremiah 5:5
“I will go to the great
And will speak to them,
For they know the way of the Lord
And the ordinance of their God.”
But they too, with one accord, have broken the yoke
And burst the bonds.
Matthew 19:23
And Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I say to you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
Mark 10:23
And Jesus, looking around, *said to His disciples, How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!”
1 Corinthians 1:26
For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;
1 Timothy 6:9
But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction.
James 2:5
Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
James 5:1
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.

General references

Matthew 6:19
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.