Matthew 13:22
As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
Luke 8:14
And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.
1 Timothy 6:9-10
But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
1 Timothy 6:17
As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
2 Timothy 4:10
For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia,Titus to Dalmatia.
Acts 5:1-11
But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,
Genesis 13:10-13
And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the LORDdestroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Joshua 7:20-21
And Achan answered Joshua, "Truly I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and this is what I did:
2 Kings 5:20-27
Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, "See, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not accepting from his hand what he brought. As the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him."
Psalm 52:7
"See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!"
Psalm 62:10
Put no trust in extortion; set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.
Proverbs 11:28
Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
Proverbs 23:5
When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is vanity and an unhappy business.
Ecclesiastes 5:10-11
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 5:13-14
There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt,
Jeremiah 4:3
For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: "Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Matthew 6:24-25
"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Matthew 13:7
Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
Matthew 19:16-24
And behold, a man came up to him, saying, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?"
Mark 4:18-19
And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word,
Mark 10:23-25
And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!"
Luke 12:15
And he said to them, "Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
Luke 12:21
So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."
Luke 12:29-30
And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried.
Luke 14:16-24
But he said to him, "A man once gave a great banquet and invited many.
Luke 18:24-25
Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, "How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!
Luke 21:34
"But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.
Acts 8:18
Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,
2 Peter 2:14-15
They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!
1 John 2:15-16
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Jude 1:11-12
Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error and perished in Korah's rebellion.