1 Timothy 6:9

New Century Version

Those who want to become rich bring temptation to themselves and are caught in a trap. They want many foolish and harmful things that ruin and destroy people.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:6

Ahab answered, “I talked to Naboth, the man from Jezreel. I said, ‘Sell me your vineyard, or, if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard for it.’ But Naboth refused.”

Psalm 11:6

He will send hot coals and burning sulfur on the wicked. A whirlwind is what they will get.

Proverbs 15:27

Greedy people bring trouble to their families, but the person who can’t be paid to do wrong will live.

Proverbs 20:21

Wealth inherited quickly in the beginning will do you no good in the end.

Proverbs 21:6

Wealth that comes from telling lies vanishes like a mist and leads to death.

Proverbs 22:16

Whoever gets rich by mistreating the poor, and gives presents to the wealthy, will become poor.

Proverbs 23:4

Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich; be wise enough to control yourself.

Isaiah 5:8

How terrible it will be for you who add more houses to your houses and more fields to your fields until there is no room left for other people. Then you are left alone in the land.

Zechariah 11:5

Their buyers kill them and are not punished. Those who sell them say, ‘Praise the Lord, I am rich.’ Even the shepherds don’t feel sorry for their sheep.

Numbers 31:8

Among those they killed were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, who were 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 who hears the teaching but lets worries about this life and the temptation of wealth stop that teaching from growing. So the teaching does not produce fruit in that person’s life.

Matthew 19:22

But when the young man heard this, he left sorrowfully, because he was rich.

Matthew 26:15

He said, “What will you pay me for giving Jesus to you?” And they gave him thirty silver coins.

Matthew 6:19

“Don’t store treasures for yourselves here on earth where moths and rust will destroy them and thieves can break in and steal them.

Mark 4:19

but the worries of this life, the temptation of wealth, and many other evil desires keep the teaching from growing and producing fruit in their lives.

Luke 12:21

“This is how it will be for those who store up things for themselves and are not rich toward God.”

Luke 21:35

like a trap on all people on earth.

Acts 8:20

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

Ephesians 4:22

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

Deuteronomy 7:25

Burn up their idols in the fire. Do not wish for the silver and gold they have, and don’t take it for yourselves, or you will be trapped by it. The Lord your God hates it.

1 Timothy 1:9

We also know that the law is not made for good people but for those who are against the law and for those who refuse to follow it. It is for people who are against God and are sinful, who are unholy and ungodly, who kill their fathers and mothers, who murder,

1 Timothy 3:7

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

1 Timothy 6:10

The love of money causes all kinds of evil. Some people have left the faith, because they wanted to get more money, but they have caused themselves much sorrow.

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich with things of this world not to be proud. Tell them to hope in God, not in their uncertain riches. God richly gives us everything to enjoy.

2 Timothy 2:26

And they may wake up and escape from the trap of the devil, who catches them to do what he wants.

Titus 2:12

It teaches us not to live against God nor to do the evil things the world wants to do. Instead, that grace teaches us to live in the present age in a wise and right way and in a way that shows we serve God.

Joshua 7:11

The Israelites have sinned; they have broken the agreement I commanded them to obey. They took some of the things I commanded them to destroy. They have stolen and lied and 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 lies. Their judgment spoken against them long ago is still coming, and their ruin is certain.

Jude 1:11

It will be terrible for them. They have followed the way of Cain, and for money they have given themselves to doing the wrong that Balaam did. They have fought against God as Korah did, and like Korah, they surely will be destroyed.