1 Timothy 6:9

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

But they that desire to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:6

And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.

Psalm 11:6

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

Proverbs 15:27

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house: But he that hateth gifts shall live.

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.

Proverbs 21:6

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapour driven to and fro; they that seek them seek death.

Proverbs 22:16

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, And he that giveth to the rich, cometh only to want.

Proverbs 23:4

Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

Isaiah 5:8

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

Zechariah 11:5

whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

Numbers 31:8

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

Matthew 13:22

And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

Matthew 19:22

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

Matthew 26:15

and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver.

Matthew 6:19

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust doth consume, and where thieves break through and steal:

Mark 4:19

and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

Luke 12:21

So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

Luke 21:35

for so shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth.

Acts 8:20

But Peter said unto him, Thy silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money.

Ephesians 4:22

that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, which waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

Deuteronomy 7:25

The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God:

1 Timothy 1:9

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

1 Timothy 3:7

Moreover he must have good testimony from them that are without; 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 kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

1 Timothy 6:17

Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

2 Timothy 2:26

and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by the Lord's servant unto the will of God.

Titus 2:12

instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;

Joshua 7:11

Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing; and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have even put it among their own stuff.

2 Peter 2:3

And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.

Jude 1:11

Woe unto them! for they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah.