Matthew 16:26
Why, what benefit will it be to a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give to buy back his life?
Luke 12:19-21
and I will say to my life, "'Life, you have ample possessions laid up for many years to come: take your ease, eat, drink, enjoy yourself.'
Luke 16:22-23
"But in course of time the beggar died; and he was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and had a funeral.
1 Corinthians 10:22
Or are we actually arousing the Lord to jealousy. Are we stronger than He is?
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
Their silver
The fire
General references
Bible References
Their silver
Matthew 16:26
Why, what benefit will it be to a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give to buy back his life?
Luke 12:19
and I will say to my life, "'Life, you have ample possessions laid up for many years to come: take your ease, eat, drink, enjoy yourself.'
Luke 16:22
"But in course of time the beggar died; and he was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and had a funeral.
The fire
1 Corinthians 10:22
Or are we actually arousing the Lord to jealousy. Are we stronger than He is?
General references
Matthew 6:19
"Do not lay up stores of wealth for yourselves on earth, where the moth and wear-and-tear destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Mark 13:24
"At that time, however, after that distress, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not shed her light;
Acts 2:19
I will display marvels in the sky above, and signs on the earth below, blood and fire, and pillars of smoke.