Thematic Bible: The perils of
Thematic Bible
earthly Riches » The perils of » Fleeting and uncertain
For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool."
For we brought nothing into the world, so neither can we carry anything out.
The increase of his house shall depart. They shall rush away in the day of his wrath.
For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.
I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations.
earthly Riches » The perils of » The accumulation of, disappointing
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay; he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
"Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.
For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures;
"Do not lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.
earthly Riches » The perils of » Profit not in time of trial
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but a foreigner eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
For in an hour such great riches are made desolate.' Every shipmaster, and everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far away,
earthly Riches » The perils of » Incline to forgetfulness of God
and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
earthly Riches » The perils of » Endanger integrity
A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
earthly Riches » The perils of » Subject men to powerful temptations
But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.
earthly Riches » The perils of » Hinder entrance into God's kingdom
Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.
earthly Riches » The perils of » Beget greed
Do not trust in oppression. Do not become vain in robbery. If riches increase, do not set your heart on them.
earthly Riches » The perils of » Result in barrenness of life
and the cares of the age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
earthly Treasures » The perils of » Incline to forgetfulness of God
and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
earthly Treasures » The perils of » Endanger integrity
A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
earthly Treasures » The perils of » Subject men to powerful temptations
But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.
earthly Treasures » The perils of » Hinder entrance into God's kingdom
Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.
earthly Treasures » The perils of » Beget greed
Do not trust in oppression. Do not become vain in robbery. If riches increase, do not set your heart on them.
earthly Treasures » The perils of » Result in barrenness of life
and the cares of the age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
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