1 Timothy 6:9

The Scriptures 1998

But those wishing to be rich fall into trial and a snare, and into many foolish and injurious lusts which plunge men in ruin and destruction.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:6

And he said to her, “Because I spoke to Naḇ

Psalm 11:6

Upon the wrong He rains snares, Fire and sulphur and a scorching wind Are the portion of their cup.

Proverbs 15:27

He who is greedy for gain, troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes lives.

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance obtained with greed at the beginning Is not blessed at the end.

Proverbs 21:6

Gaining treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapour, heading for death.

Proverbs 22:16

One oppresses the poor to increase his wealth, Another gives to the rich, only to come to poverty.

Proverbs 23:4

Do not labour to be rich. Cease from your own understanding!

Isaiah 5:8

Woe to those who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

Zechariah 11:5

whose owners slaughter them and feel no guilt, and their sellers say, ‘Blessed be יהוה, for I have become rich.’ And their own shepherds do not spare them.

Numbers 31:8

And they slew the sovereigns of Miḏ

Matthew 13:22

“And that sown among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the worry of this age and the deceit of riches choke the word, and it becomes fruitless.

Matthew 19:22

And when the young man heard the word, he went away sad, because he had many possessions.

Matthew 26:15

and said, “What would you give me to deliver Him to you?” And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver.

Matthew 6:19

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

Mark 4:19

and the worries of this age, and the deceit of riches, and the desires for other matters, entering in, choke the word, and it becomes fruitless.

Luke 12:21

“So is he who is storing up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward Elohim.”

Luke 21:35

“For it shall come as a snare on all those dwelling on the face of all the earth.

Acts 8:20

But Kĕ

Ephesians 4:22

that you put off – with regard to your former way of life – the old man, being corrupted according to the desires of the deceit,

Deuteronomy 7:25

“The carved images of their mighty ones you are to burn with fire. Do not covet the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be snared by it, for it is an abomination to יהוה  your Elohim.

1 Timothy 1:9

knowing this: that Torah is not laid down for a righteous being, but for the lawless and unruly, for the wicked and for sinners, for the wrong-doers and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,

1 Timothy 3:7

And he should even have a good witness from those who are 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 kinds of evil, for which some, by longing for it, have strayed from the belief, and pierced themselves through with many pains.

1 Timothy 6:17

Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living Elohim, who gives us richly all for enjoyment,

2 Timothy 2:26

and they come to their senses, out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his desire.

Titus 2:12

instructing us to renounce wickedness and worldly lusts, and to live sensibly, righteously, and reverently in the present age,

Joshua 7:11

“Yisra’ĕ

2 Peter 2:3

and in greed, with fabricated words, they shall use you for gain. From of old their judgment does not linger, and their destruction does not slumber.

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! Because they have gone in the way of Qayin, and gave themselves to the delusion of Bilʽ