1 Timothy 6:9
"But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition."
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- 1 John 2:15
"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 28:20
"A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 15:27
"He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live."
Read in chapter → - 1 Timothy 3:7
"Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil."
Read in chapter → - Acts 8:20
"But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money."
Read in chapter → - Mark 4:19
"And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful."
Read in chapter → - 2 Peter 2:3
"And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not."
Read in chapter → - Ephesians 4:22
"That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;"
Read in chapter → - Matthew 13:22
"He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful."
Read in chapter → - James 5:1
"Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you."
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