Luke 18:24
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24 Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, (A)“How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter (B)the kingdom of God!
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Proverbs 11:28
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James 2:5-7
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5 Listen, my beloved brothers, (A)has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be (B)rich in faith and heirs of (C)the kingdom, (D)which he has promised to those who love him? 6 But you (E)have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who (F)drag you (G)into court? 7 Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable (H)name by which you were called?
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Mark 10:23-27
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23 And Jesus (A)looked around and said to his disciples, (B)“How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter (C)the kingdom of God!” 24 And the disciples (D)were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, (E)“Children, (F)how difficult it is[a] to enter (G)the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter (H)the kingdom of God.” 26 And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him,[b] “Then who can be saved?” 27 Jesus (I)looked at them and said, (J)“With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”
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- Mark 10:24 Some manuscripts add for those who trust in riches
- Mark 10:26 Some manuscripts to one another
Matthew 19:23-25
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23 And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly, I say to you, (A)only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 (B)Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter (C)the kingdom of God.” 25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”
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Proverbs 30:9
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9 lest I be (A)full and (B)deny you
and say, (C)“Who is the Lord?”
or lest I be poor and steal
(D)and profane the name of my God.
Psalm 10:3
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3 For the wicked (A)boasts of the desires of his soul,
and the one greedy for gain (B)curses[a] and (C)renounces the Lord.
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- Psalm 10:3 Or and he blesses the one greedy for gain
James 5:1-6
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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. 5 (J)You have lived on the earth in luxury and (K)in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in (L)a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and (M)murdered (N)the righteous person. He does not resist you.
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1 Timothy 6:9-10
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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. 10 For the love of money is a root of (D)all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
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2 Corinthians 7:9-10
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9 As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but (A)because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.
10 For (B)godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas (C)worldly grief produces death.
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1 Corinthians 1:26-27
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26 For consider your calling, brothers: (A)not many of you were wise according to worldly standards,[a] not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But (B)God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; (C)God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;
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- 1 Corinthians 1:26 Greek according to the flesh
Mark 6:26
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26 And the king was exceedingly sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her.
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Jeremiah 5:5
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5 I will go to the great
and will speak to them,
for they know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.”
(A)But they all alike had broken the yoke;
they had burst the bonds.
Jeremiah 2:31
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31 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’?
Proverbs 18:11
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11 (A)A rich man's wealth is his strong city,
and like a high wall in his imagination.
Psalm 73:5-12
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5 They are not in trouble as others are;
they are not (A)stricken like the rest of mankind.
6 Therefore pride is (B)their necklace;
violence covers them as (C)a garment.
7 Their (D)eyes swell out through fatness;
their hearts overflow with follies.
8 They scoff and (E)speak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.
9 They set their mouths against the heavens,
and their tongue struts through the earth.
10 Therefore his people turn back to them,
and find (F)no fault in them.[a]
11 And they say, (G)“How can God know?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12 Behold, these are the wicked;
always at ease, they (H)increase in riches.
Footnotes
- Psalm 73:10 Probable reading; Hebrew the waters of a full cup are drained by them
Deuteronomy 8:11-17
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11 “Take care lest you forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes, which I command you today, 12 (A)lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them, 13 and when your herds and flocks multiply and your silver and gold is multiplied and all that you have is multiplied, 14 (B)then your heart be lifted up, and you (C)forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, 15 who (D)led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, (E)with its fiery serpents and scorpions (F)and thirsty ground where there was no water, (G)who brought you water out of the flinty rock, 16 who fed you in the wilderness with (H)manna that your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, (I)to do you good in the end. 17 Beware (J)lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’
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Deuteronomy 6:10-12
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10 “And when the Lord your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you—with great and good cities (A)that you did not build, 11 and houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—and when you eat and are full, 12 (B)then take care lest you forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
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