1 Timothy 6:9

Easy To Read Version

People who want to become rich bring temptations to themselves. They are caught in a trap. They begin to want many foolish things that will hurt them. Those things ruin and destroy people.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:6

Ahab answered, “I asked Naboth, the man from Jezreel, to give me his field. I told him that I would pay him the full price. Or if he preferred, I would give him another field. But Naboth refused to give his field to me.”

Psalm 11:6

He will make hot coals and burning\par sulphur fall like rain on those bad people.\par Those bad people will get nothing but\par a hot, burning wind. {\cf2\super [63]} \par

Proverbs 15:27

If a person cheats to get things, then he will bring trouble to his family. But if a person is honest, then he will have no trouble.

Proverbs 20:21

If your wealth was very easy to get, it will not be worth much to you.

Proverbs 21:6

If you cheat to become rich, then your wealth will soon be gone. And your riches will lead you to death.

Proverbs 22:16

These two things will make you poor—hurting poor people to make yourself rich, and giving gifts to rich people.

Proverbs 23:4

Don’t ruin your health trying to become rich. If you are wise, you will be patient.

Isaiah 5:8

You people live very close together. You build houses until there is no place for anything else. But \{the Lord will punish you, and\} you will be made to live alone. You will be the only people in the whole land! {\cf2\super [49]}

Zechariah 11:5

\{Their leaders are like owners and businessmen.\} Owners kill their sheep and are not punished. Businessmen sell the sheep and say, ‘Praise the Lord, I am rich!’ The shepherds don’t feel sorry for their sheep.

Numbers 31:8

Among the people that they killed were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with a sword.

Matthew 13:22

And what is the seed that fell among the thorny weeds? That seed is like the person that hears the teaching but lets worries about this life and love for money stop that teaching from growing. So the teaching does not make fruit {\cf2\super [184]} \{in that person’s life\}.

Matthew 19:22

But when the man heard this, he was very sad. The man was very rich \{and wanted to keep his money\}. So he left Jesus.

Matthew 26:15

Judas said, “I will give you Jesus. What will you pay me for doing this?” The priests gave Judas 30 silver coins.

Matthew 6:19

“Don’t save treasures for yourselves here on earth. Moths and rust will destroy treasures here on earth. And thieves can break into your house and steal the things you have.

Mark 4:19

But then these things come into their lives: the worries of this life, the love of money, and wanting all kinds of other things. These things stop the teaching from growing. So that teaching does not make fruit {\cf2\super [53]} \{in the lives of those people\}.

Luke 12:21

“This is how it will be for the person that saves things only for himself. To God that person is not rich.”

Luke 21:35

It will come like a surprise to all people on earth.

Acts 8:20

Peter said to Simon, “You and your money should both be destroyed! You thought you could buy God’s gift with money.

Ephesians 4:22

You were taught to leave your old self. This means that you must stop living the evil way you lived before. That old self becomes worse and worse, because people are fooled by the evil things they want to do.

Deuteronomy 7:25

“You must throw the statues of their gods into the fire and burn them. You must not want to keep the silver or the gold that is on those statues. You must not take that silver or gold for yourselves. It will be like a trap to you—{it will ruin your life}. Why? Because the Lord your God hates those idols.

1 Timothy 1:9

We also know that the law is not made for good people. The law is made for people who are against the law and for people who refuse to follow the law. The law is for people who are against God and are sinful, people who are not holy and have no religion, people who kill their fathers and mothers, murderers,

1 Timothy 3:7

An elder must also have the respect of people who are not in the church. Then he will not be criticized by other people and be caught in the devil’s trap.

1 Timothy 6:10

The love of money causes all kinds of evil. Some people have left the \{true\} faith (teaching) because they want to get more and more money. But they have caused themselves to be very, very sad.

1 Timothy 6:17

Give this command to the people who are rich with the things this world has. Tell them not to be proud. Tell those rich people to hope in God, not their money. Money cannot be trusted. But God takes care of us richly. He gives us everything to enjoy.

2 Timothy 2:26

The devil has trapped those people and makes them do what he wants. But maybe they can wake up \{and see that the devil is using them\} and free themselves from the devil’s trap.

Titus 2:12

That grace teaches us not to live against God and not to do the bad things the world wants to do. That grace teaches us to live on earth now in a wise and right way—a way that shows that we serve God.

Joshua 7:11

The people of Israel sinned against me. They broke the Agreement that I commanded them to obey. They took some of the things that I commanded them to destroy. They have stolen from me. They have lied. They have taken those things for themselves.

2 Peter 2:3

Those false teachers only want your money. So they will use you by telling you things that are not true. But the judgment against those false teachers has been ready for a long time. And they will not escape the One (God) who will destroy them.