Mark 4:19
But the cares of life, and the glamour of wealth, and cravings for many other things come in and completely choke the Message, so that it gives no return.
1 Timothy 6:9-10
Those who want to be rich fall into the snares of temptation, and become the prey of many foolish and harmful ambitions, which plunge people into Destruction and Ruin.
1 Timothy 6:17
Urge upon those who are wealthy in this life not to pride themselves, or fix their hopes, on so uncertain a thing as wealth, but on God, who gives us a wealth of enjoyment on every side.
2 Timothy 4:10
for Demas, in his love for the world, has deserted me. He has gone to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
1 Peter 4:2-3
and so will live the rest of his earthly life guided, not by human passions, but by the will of God.
1 John 2:15-17
Do not love the world or what the world can offer. When any one loves the world, there is no love for the Father in him;
Matthew 3:10
Already the axe is lying at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that fails to bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 19:23
At this, Jesus said to his disciples: "I tell you that a rich man will find it hard to enter the Kingdom of Heaven!
Luke 10:41
"Martha, Martha," replied the Master, "you are anxious and trouble yourself about many things;
Luke 12:17-21
And he began to ask himself 'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?
Luke 12:29-30
And you--do not be always seeking what you can get to eat or what you can get to drink; and do not waver.
Luke 14:18-20
They all with one accord began to ask to be excused. The first man said to the servant 'I have bought a field and am obliged to go and look at it. I must ask you to consider me excused.'
Luke 21:34
Be on your guard lest your minds should ever be dulled by debauches or drunkenness or the anxieties of life, and lest 'That Day' should come suddenly upon you, like a snare.
John 15:2
Any unfruitful branch in me he takes away, and he cleanses every fruitful branch, that it may bear more fruit.
Philippians 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything; but under all circumstances, by prayer and entreaty joined with thanksgiving, make your needs known to God.
Hebrews 6:7-8
Ground that drinks in the showers that from time to time fall upon it, and produces vegetation useful to those for whom it is tilled, receives a blessing from God;
2 Peter 1:8
For, when these virtues are yours, in increasing measure, they prevent your being indifferent to, or destitute of, a fuller knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Jude 1:12
These are the men who are blots upon your 'Love-feasts,' when they feast together and provide without scruple for themselves alone. They are clouds without rain, driven before the winds; they are leafless trees without a vestige of fruit, dead through and through, torn up by the roots;