Matthew 13:22
As for him who is sown 'among thorns,' that is the man who listens to the word, but the worry of the world and the delight of being rich choke the word; so it proves unfruitful.
Luke 8:14
As for the seed that fell among thorns, that means people who hear but who go and get choked with worries and money and the pleasures of life, so that they never ripen.
1 Timothy 6:9-10
Those who are eager to be rich get tempted and trapped in many senseless and pernicious propensities that drag men down to ruin and destruction.
1 Timothy 6:17
Charge the rich of this world not to be supercilious, and not to fix their hopes on so uncertain a thing as riches but on the living God who richly provides us with all the enjoyments of life;
2 Timothy 4:10
for Demas, in his love for this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens is off to Gaul, Titus to Dalmatia,
Acts 5:1-11
But a man called Ananias, who with his wife Sapphira had sold some property,
Matthew 6:24-25
No one can serve two masters: either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will stand by the one and despise the other ??you cannot serve both God and Mammon.
Matthew 13:7
Some other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them.
Matthew 19:16-24
Up came a man and said to him, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to gain life eternal?"
Mark 4:18-19
Another set are those who are sown 'among thorns'; they listen to the word,
Mark 10:23-25
Jesus looked round and said to his disciples, "How difficult it is for those who have money to get into the Realm of God!"
Luke 12:15
Then he said to them, "See and keep clear of covetousness in every shape and form, for a man's life is not part of his possessions because he has ample wealth."
Luke 12:21
So fares the man who lays up treasure for himself instead of gaining the riches of God."
Luke 12:29-30
So do not seek food and drink and be worried;
Luke 14:16-24
Jesus said to him, "There was a man who was giving a large supper, to which he had invited a number of guests.
Luke 18:24-25
So Jesus looked at him and said, "How difficult it is for those who have money to enter the Realm of God!
Luke 21:34
Take heed to yourselves in case your hearts get overpowered by dissipation and drunkenness and worldly anxieties, and so that Day catches you suddenly like a trap.
Acts 8:18
Now Simon noticed that the holy Spirit was conferred by the laying on of the apostles' hands; so he brought them money,
1 John 2:15-16
Love not the world, nor yet what is in the world; if anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.
Jude 1:11-12
Woe to them! they go the road of Cain, rush into Balaam's error for what it brings them, and perish in Korah's rebellion.