1 Timothy 6:9

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People who want to get rich are tempted, and they fall into a trap. They start to have many foolish and harmful desires that drag them down into ruin and destruction.

Cross References

1 Timothy 3:7

A leader must also have a good reputation among those who are outside the church. If it turns out that he’s done a lot of wrong things, he’ll be embarrassed, and the devil will be able to ruin his work.

Acts 8:20

Peter answered, “May you and your money both be destroyed because you think you can buy God’s gift with it!

Matthew 13:22

The seed that fell among the thorns stands for those who hear the message but then have it crowded out by the worries of this life and the false promises of wealth, which keep it from producing fruit.

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! They’ve followed the way of Cain. Because they love money, they’ve rushed into the same mistake Balaam made. They’ve rebelled just like Korah, and they’re going to be destroyed just as he was.

2 Peter 2:3

These teachers will be so greedy that they’ll make up stories to take advantage of you. But they’ve been under a sentence of death for a long time. Their destruction has not been sleeping.

Ephesians 4:22

You were taught not to live the way you used to, but to get rid of that old way of life, which was corrupted by its deceptive desires.

Mark 4:19

but then the worries of this life, the false promises of wealth, and the desire for other things crowd out the message and keep it from producing fruit.

Matthew 26:15

He asked, “What will you give me if I hand Jesus over to you?” They counted out 30 silver coins for him,

Matthew 19:22

When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he was very rich.

2 Timothy 2:26

That way they may come to their senses and escape the devil’s trap, since he has taken them as prisoners to do what he wants.

1 Timothy 1:9

It isn’t made for godly people, but for lawbreakers and rebels, for ungodly and sinful people, for those who aren’t holy and who don’t believe. The law is for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,

Luke 21:35

That day will come on every person who lives on the whole earth.

Matthew 6:19

“Don’t try to get a lot of riches on earth, because moths and pests can destroy your things there, and thieves can break in and steal them.

Luke 12:21

“That’s what it will be like for people who store up things for themselves but who aren’t rich as far as God is concerned.”

1 Timothy 6:10

Love for money causes all kinds of evil. By trying to get rich, some people have wandered away from the faith and been hurt by many sad things that have happened to them.

1 Timothy 6:17

Command people who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to put their hope in riches, which are so uncertain. Tell them to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

Titus 2:12

It teaches us to say no to godless ways and wrong desires and to live self-controlled, proper, and godly lives in this world