Matthew 13:22
And what was sown among the thorns illustrates the man who hears the message, and the worries of the times and the pleasures of being rich choke the truth out, and he yields no fruit.
Luke 8:14
And the portion of them falling among the thorns illustrates those who hear it, but as soon as they pass on they are choked out by the worries and wealth and pleasures of life, and thus yield no mature fruit.
1 Timothy 6:9-10
But men who keep planning to get rich fall into temptations and snares and many foolish, hurtful desires which plunge people into destruction and ruin.
1 Timothy 6:17
Continue charging the rich of this world to stop being haughty and not to fix their hope on a thing so uncertain as riches, but on God who richly and ceaselessly provides us with everything for our enjoyment;
2 Timothy 4:10
for Demas has forsaken me because he loved the present world, and has gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia;
Acts 5:1-11
But a man named Ananias, in partnership with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,
Matthew 6:24-25
No one can be a slave to two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and money.
Matthew 13:7
And some fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them out.
Matthew 19:16-24
And a man came up to Him and asked, "What is there good that I can do to possess eternal life?"
Mark 4:18-19
A different class are those people sown among the thorns. They are people who listen to the message,
Mark 10:23-25
Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have money to get into the kingdom of God!"
Luke 12:15
And then He said to them, "Be ever on the alert and always on your guard against every form of greed, because a man's life does not consist in his possessions, even though they are abundant."
Luke 12:21
So it is with the man who continues to pile up possessions for himself, and is not rich in God."
Luke 12:29-30
So you must stop seeking what to eat and what to drink, and must stop being in suspense about these things.
Luke 14:16-24
Then Jesus said to him: "Once a man was giving a great dinner and invited many people to it.
Luke 18:24-25
So when Jesus saw it, He said, "How hard it is for those who have money to get into the kingdom of God!
Luke 21:34
But ever be on your guard, so that your hearts may not be loaded down with self-indulgence, drunkenness, and worldly worries, and that day, like a trap, catch you unawares.
Acts 8:18
So when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was conferred by the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,
2 Peter 2:14-15
They have eyes full of adultery and insatiable by sin. They practice enticing unsteady souls. They have trained their hearts in greed. They are doomed to a curse!
1 John 2:15-16
Stop loving the world, or the things that are in the world. If anyone persists in loving the world, there is no love for the Father in his heart,
Jude 1:11-12
Alas for them, because they have trod the road that Cain did; for gain they have rushed into Balaam's error and have perished in rebellion like that of Korah!