1 Timothy 6:9

James Moffatt - New Testament

Those who are eager to be rich get tempted and trapped in many senseless and pernicious propensities that drag men down to ruin and destruction.

Cross References

1 Timothy 3:7

also, he must have a good reputation among outsiders, in case he incurs slander and is trapped by the devil.

Acts 8:20

Peter said to him, "Death to you and your money, for dreaming you could buy the gift of God!

Matthew 13:22

As for him who is sown 'among thorns,' that is the man who listens to the word, but the worry of the world and the delight of being rich choke the word; so it proves unfruitful.

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! they go the road of Cain, rush into Balaam's error for what it brings them, and perish in Korah's rebellion.

2 Peter 2:3

in their lust they will exploit you with cunning arguments — men whose doom comes apace from of old, and destruction is awake upon their trail.

Ephesians 4:22

you must lay aside the old nature which belonged to your former course of life, that nature which crumbles to ruin under the passions of moral deceit,

Mark 4:19

but the worries of the world and the delight of being rich and all the other passions come in to choke the word; so it proves unfruitful.

Matthew 26:15

"What will you give me for betraying him to you?" And they weighed out for him thirty silver pieces.

Matthew 19:22

When the young man heard that, he went sadly away, for he had great possessions.

2 Timothy 2:26

they may come to their senses again and escape the snare of the devil, as they are brought back to life by God to do his will.

1 Timothy 1:9

he must keep in mind that no law is ever made for honest people but for the lawless and the insubordinate, for the impious and the sinful, for the irreverent and the profane, for parricides and matricides, murderers,

Luke 21:35

For it will come upon all dwellers on the face of all the earth.

Matthew 6:19

Store up no treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust corrode, where thieves break in and steal:

Luke 12:21

So fares the man who lays up treasure for himself instead of gaining the riches of God."

1 Timothy 6:10

For love of money is the root of all mischief; it is by aspiring to be rich that certain individuals have gone astray from the faith and found themselves pierced with many a pang of remorse.

1 Timothy 6:17

Charge the rich of this world not to be supercilious, and not to fix their hopes on so uncertain a thing as riches but on the living God who richly provides us with all the enjoyments of life;

Titus 2:12

and it schools us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions and to live a life of self-mastery, of integrity, and of piety in this present world,