1 Timothy 6:17

The wealthy are charged not to be arrogant or to trust in uncertain riches, but to hope in God who richly provides everything to enjoy. Right use of wealth begins with trust in God rather than money.

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• Prov 11:28He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
• Acts 14:17Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
• Matt 19:23Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
• Prov 27:24For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
• 1 Tim 4:10For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
• Jas 1:9–10Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
• Jer 9:23–24Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
• Prov 30:9Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
• Jer 17:7–8Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
• Titus 2:12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
• Deut 8:17And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
• Ps 84:11–12For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
• Prov 23:5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
• Col 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
• Eccl 5:18–19Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
• Ps 104:28That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
• Rom 11:20Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
• Dan 5:19–23And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
• Job 31:24–25If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
• Ezek 16:56For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,
• Acts 17:25Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
• Titus 3:6Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
• 1 Tim 1:3As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
• Luke 19:2And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
• Gen 13:2And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
• Luke 12:15–21And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
• Eph 5:5For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
• 1 Th 1:9For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
• Hos 13:6According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
• 2 Chr 32:25–26But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
• 2 Chr 26:16But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
• Ps 52:7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
• Job 1:1–3There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
• Ps 62:10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
• Eccl 5:13–14There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
• Ps 10:3–4For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
• Ps 118:8–9It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
• Jer 2:31O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
• Mark 10:24And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
• Deut 33:15And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,

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