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 who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
• Acts 14:17Yet he didn’t leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”
• Matt 19:23Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.
• Prov 27:24for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.
• 1 Tim 4:10For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.
• Jas 1:9–10But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
• Jer 9:23–24Yahweh says, “Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might. Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches.
• Prov 30:9lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is Yahweh?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
• Jer 17:7–8“Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh.
• Titus 2:12instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;
• Deut 8:17and lest you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.”
• Ps 84:11–12For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
• Prov 23:5Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
• Col 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
• Eccl 5:18–19Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.
• Ps 104:28You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.
• Rom 11:20True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;
• Dan 5:19–23and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he killed, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.
• Job 31:24–25“If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’
• Ezek 16:56For your sister Sodom was not mentioned by your mouth in the day of your pride,
• Acts 17:25neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.
• Titus 3:6whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior;
• 1 Tim 1:3As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,
• Luke 19:2There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
• Gen 13:2Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
• Luke 12:15–21He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”
• Eph 5:5Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.
• 1 Th 1:9For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
• Hos 13:6According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.
• 2 Chr 32:25–26But Hezekiah didn’t reciprocate appropriate to the benefit done for him, because his heart was lifted up. Therefore there was wrath on him, and on Judah and Jerusalem.
• 2 Chr 26:16But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Yahweh his God; for he went into Yahweh’s temple to burn incense on the altar of incense.
• Ps 52:7“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make 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. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
• Ps 62:10Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.
• Eccl 5:13–14There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
• Ps 10:3–4For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.
• Ps 118:8–9It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.
• Jer 2:31Generation, consider Yahweh’s word. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. We will come to you no more?’
• Mark 10:24The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, “Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!
• Deut 33:15for the best things of the ancient mountains, for the precious things of the everlasting hills,

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