1 Timothy 6:9

Those determined to be rich fall into temptation, a snare, and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin. The craving for wealth is spiritually destructive.

Cross-references · 36

• 1 Jn 2:15–17Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
• Prov 28:20–22A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
• Prov 15:27He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.
• Acts 8:20But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
• 1 Tim 3:7Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.
• Mark 4:19but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
• 2 Pet 2:3In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
• Matt 13:22The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
• Eph 4:22to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
• Jas 5:1–4Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
• Jude 1:11Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
• Prov 22:16Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
• Prov 1:17–19How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
• 2 Pet 2:15–16They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
• Num 22:17–19for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”
• Prov 21:6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
• Prov 20:21An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
• Matt 19:22When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.
• Zech 11:5whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.
• Josh 7:11Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.
• Prov 23:4Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
• 2 Tim 2:26Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.
• Matt 26:15and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.
• 2 Kgs 5:20–27Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, while not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
• Acts 5:4–5Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”
• Isa 5:8Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.
• Amos 8:4–6Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
• Josh 7:24–26Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.
• 1 Tim 1:9We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,
• Gen 13:10–13And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
• Deut 7:25You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
• Num 31:8Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
• Matt 27:3–5When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.
• Ps 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
• Hos 12:7–8A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
• Luke 21:35For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth.

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