1 Timothy 6:9
English Standard Version
9 But (A)those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, (B)into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that (C)plunge people into ruin and destruction.
Read full chapter
1 John 2:15-17
English Standard Version
Do Not Love the World
15 (A)Do not love the world or the things in the world. (B)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—(C)the desires of the flesh and (D)the desires of the eyes and pride of life[a]—is not from the Father but is from the world. 17 And (E)the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1 John 2:16 Or pride in possessions
Acts 8:20
English Standard Version
20 But Peter said to him, (A)“May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God (B)with money!
Read full chapter
Proverbs 15:27
English Standard Version
27 Whoever is (A)greedy for unjust gain (B)troubles his own household,
but he who hates (C)bribes will live.
1 Timothy 3:7
English Standard Version
7 Moreover, he must be well thought of by (A)outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into (B)a snare of the devil.
Read full chapter
Proverbs 28:20-22
English Standard Version
20 A faithful man will abound with blessings,
but whoever hastens to be rich (A)will not go unpunished.
21 To show (B)partiality is not good,
but for (C)a piece of bread a man will do wrong.
22 A (D)stingy man[a] (E)hastens after wealth
and does not know that (F)poverty will come upon him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:22 Hebrew A man whose eye is evil
Matthew 13:22
English Standard Version
22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but (A)the cares of (B)the world and (C)the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
Read full chapter
Jude 11
English Standard Version
11 Woe to them! For they walked in (A)the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain (B)to Balaam's error and (C)perished in Korah's rebellion.
Read full chapter
2 Peter 2:3
English Standard Version
3 And (A)in their greed they will exploit you (B)with false words. (C)Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
Read full chapter
Ephesians 4:22
English Standard Version
22 to (A)put off (B)your old self,[a] which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through (C)deceitful desires,
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Ephesians 4:22 Greek man; also verse 24
Mark 4:19
English Standard Version
19 but (A)the cares of (B)the world and (C)the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
Read full chapter
James 5:1-4
English Standard Version
Warning to the Rich
5 Come now, (A)you rich, weep and howl for the (B)miseries that are coming upon you. 2 (C)Your riches have rotted and (D)your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. (E)You have laid up treasure (F)in the last days. 4 Behold, (G)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and (H)the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of (I)the Lord of hosts.
Read full chapter
Matthew 19:22
English Standard Version
22 (A)When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
Read full chapter
Proverbs 22:16
English Standard Version
16 Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
or gives to the rich, (A)will only come to poverty.
Proverbs 21:6
English Standard Version
6 (A)The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
is a (B)fleeting (C)vapor and a (D)snare of death.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Latin; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death
Proverbs 20:21
English Standard Version
21 (A)An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning
will not be blessed in the end.
Proverbs 1:17-19
English Standard Version
Numbers 22:17-19
English Standard Version
17 (A)for I will surely do you great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. (B)Come, curse this people for me.’” 18 But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, (C)“Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, (D)I could not go beyond the command of the Lord my God to do less or more. 19 So you, too, (E)please stay here tonight, that I may know what more the Lord will say to me.”
Read full chapter
2 Peter 2:15-16
English Standard Version
15 Forsaking the right way, (A)they have gone astray. They have followed (B)the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved (C)gain from wrongdoing, 16 but was rebuked for his own transgression; (D)a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet's madness.
Read full chapter
2 Timothy 2:26
English Standard Version
26 and they may come to their senses and escape from (A)the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.
Read full chapter
1 Timothy 1:9
English Standard Version
9 understanding this, that the (A)law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers,
Read full chapter
Acts 5:4-5
English Standard Version
4 While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but (A)to God.” 5 When Ananias heard these words, he (B)fell down and breathed his last. And (C)great fear came upon all who heard of it.
Read full chapter
Luke 21:35
English Standard Version
35 For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth.
Read full chapter
Matthew 27:3-5
English Standard Version
Judas Hangs Himself
3 Then when (A)Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus[a] was condemned, (B)he changed his mind and brought back (C)the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, 4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? (D)See to it yourself.” 5 And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, (E)he departed, and he went and hanged himself.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Matthew 27:3 Greek he
Matthew 26:15
English Standard Version
15 and said, “What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?” And they (A)paid him (B)thirty pieces of silver.
Read full chapterThe Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
Bible Gateway Recommends
