1 Timothy 6:9

Modern King James Version

But they who will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which plunge men into destruction and perdition.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:6

And he said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth of Jezreel and said to him, Give me your vineyard for silver. Or else, if it pleases you, I will give you another vineyard for it. And he answered, I will not give you my vineyard.

Psalm 11:6

On the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone; and a horrible tempest shall be the portion of their cup.

Proverbs 15:27

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes shall live.

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, even the end of it shall not be blessed.

Proverbs 21:6

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro by those who seek death.

Proverbs 22:16

He who crushes the poor to multiply for himself, and he who gives to the rich, only to come to poverty.

Proverbs 23:4

Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own understanding.

Isaiah 5:8

Woe to those who join house to house, laying field to field, until the end of space, and you are made to dwell alone in the middle of the land!

Zechariah 11:5

those buying them kill them, and hold themselves not guilty. And those who sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich; and their shepherds do not pity them.

Numbers 31:8

And they killed the kings of Midian, besides the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.

Matthew 13:22

And that sown into the thorns is this: he who hears the Word; and the anxiety of this world, and the deceit of riches, choke the Word, and he becomes unfruitful.

Matthew 19:22

But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.

Matthew 26:15

And he said to them, What will you give me, and I will betray Him to you? And they appointed to him thirty pieces of silver.

Matthew 6:19

Do not lay up treasures on earth for yourselves, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.

Mark 4:19

and the cares of this world, and the deceit of riches, and the lust about other things entering in, choke the Word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Luke 12:21

So is he who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.

Luke 21:35

for it shall come as a snare on all those sitting on the face of the whole earth.

Acts 8:20

But Peter said to him, May your silver perish with you, because you have thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

Ephesians 4:22

For you ought to put off the old man (according to your way of living before) who is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

Deuteronomy 7:25

You shall burn the graven images of their gods with fire. You shall not desire the silver or gold on them, nor take it for yourself, so that you may not be snared in it. For it is an abomination to Jehovah your God.

1 Timothy 1:9

knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous one, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

1 Timothy 3:7

But he must also have a good report from those on the outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the Devil.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all evils, of which some having lusted after, they were seduced from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

1 Timothy 6:17

Charge the rich in this world that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, He offering to us richly all things to enjoy,

2 Timothy 2:26

and that they awake out of the snare of the Devil, having been taken captive by him, so as to do the will of that one.

Titus 2:12

teaching us that having denied ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live discreetly, righteously and godly, in this present world,

Joshua 7:11

Israel has sinned, and they have also broken My covenant which I commanded them, and have even taken of the cursed things, and have also stolen and pretended falsely. And they have even put it among their own stuff.

2 Peter 2:3

And through covetousness they will use you for gain with well-turned words; for whom judgment from of old does not linger, and their destruction does not sleep.

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they went the way of Cain, and gave themselves up to the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah.