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 in a shadow a man will go about: surely they will be disquieted in vain: he will store up, and he knew not who shall gather them.
Psalm 52:7
Behold, the man will not set God his strength, and he will trust in the multitude of his riches he will be strengthened in his mischief.
Deuteronomy 6:10
And it was when Jehovah thy God shall bring thee in to the land which he sware to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaak and to Jacob, to give to thee cities great and good which thou didst not build,
Deuteronomy 8:12
Lest thou shalt eat and thou wert satisfied, and thou wilt build good houses and thou dwelt;
Job 27:16
If he shall heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as clay;
Job 31:24
If I set gold my hope, and said to gold, My trust;
Mark 8:36
For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and injure his soul
Mark 10:23
And Jesus having looked round, said to his disciples, With what difficulty shall they having property enter into the kingdom of God
Luke 12:15
And he said to them, See, and watch yourselves from covetousness: for not in the abounding to any one of his possessions is his life.
1 Timothy 6:17
To the rich now in this life, proclaim not to be highminded, nor to be hoping upon the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, offering us all things richly for profit;
General references
Job 31:24
If I set gold my hope, and said to gold, My trust;
Proverbs 18:11
The rich one's wealth his strong city, and as a wall lifted up in his imagination.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities, said the preacher; vanity of vanities, all vanity.
Matthew 6:19
Treasure not up to you treasures upon earth, where moth and gnawing destroy, and thieves dig through and steal: