1 Timothy 6:17 - English Standard Version 2016 As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As for the rich in this world, charge them not to be proud and arrogant and contemptuous of others, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches, but on God, Who richly and ceaselessly provides us with everything for [our] enjoyment. American Standard Version (1901) 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; Common English Bible Tell people who are rich at this time not to become egotistical and not to place their hope on their finances, which are uncertain. Instead, they need to hope in God, who richly provides everything for our enjoyment. Catholic Public Domain Version Instruct the wealthy of this age not to have a superior attitude, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who offers us everything in abundance to enjoy, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Charge the rich of this world not to be highminded, nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, (who giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy,) |
But when he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was unfaithful to the Lord his God and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.
When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
“See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!”
Put no trust in extortion; set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.
Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.
for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations?
lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.
There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God,
And you, O generation, behold the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Why then do my people say, ‘We are free, we will come no more to you’?
Why do you boast of your valleys, O faithless daughter, who trusted in her treasures, saying, ‘Who will come against me?’
Was not your sister Sodom a byword in your mouth in the day of your pride,
and the king answered and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
but when they had grazed, they became full, they were filled, and their heart was lifted up; therefore they forgot me.
And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven.
He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more.
When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus.
For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God!
And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich.
And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.”
Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”
And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear.
For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
with the finest produce of the ancient mountains and the abundance of the everlasting hills,
Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine,
if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.
For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality.
I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession,
But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.