Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
Riches
General references
Bible References
Riches
Psalm 39:6
Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
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!"
Deuteronomy 6:10
"And when the LORD your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you--with great and good cities that you did not build,
Deuteronomy 8:12
lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them,
Job 27:16
Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay,
Job 31:24
"If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence,
Mark 8:36
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?
Mark 10:23
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."
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.
General references
Job 31:24
"If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence,
Proverbs 18:11
A rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his imagination.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
Matthew 6:19
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,