7 Bible Verses about Satisfied With Riches
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For you are saying, 'I am wealthy; I have made plenty of money and do not need anything.' But you do not know that you are [spiritually] wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.
[Solemnly] urge those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant, nor to place their hope in the uncertainty of [their] wealth, but in God, who generously supplies us with everything to enjoy.
And the person who was sown among the thorns is the one who hears the message, but the anxieties of the world [i.e., of life] and the deceptiveness of [material] riches choke the message and he becomes unproductive.
but worry [over things] of the world, and the deceitfulness of material wealth, and the evil desires for other things entered their hearts and choked [the effectiveness of] 'the word,' so that it did not yield a crop [in their lives].
And those people [represented by the seed] that fell among thorns are the ones who have heard [the word], and as they go about their business, they become choked by worry, by money and by worldly pleasures, and produce no mature crop.
Come on now, you rich people, cry and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you.
But it is too bad for you rich people because you have [already] received [all] the comforts [you are going to get].
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Related Topics
- Affluence
- Care
- Character Of Wicked
- Choking
- Commitment, to the world
- Do Not Be Anxious
- False Confidence
- False Wisdom
- Finance
- Gospel, Responses To
- Greed, Believers' Response To
- Hearing God's Word
- Materialism
- Materialism, As An Aspect Of Sin
- Money Blessings
- Money, Attitudes To
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