Snare Of Riches
Last Updated : July 25, 2006
"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth
and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and
steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not
break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there
will your heart be also."
Matthew 6:19-21, KJV
". . . Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly
enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say unto you,
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle,
than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."
Matthew 19:23-24, KJV
"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole
world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in
exchange for his soul?"
Mark 8:36-37, KJV
". . . Children, how hard is it for them that trust in
riches to enter into the kingdom of God!"
Mark 10:24b, KJV
"And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a
certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought
within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no
room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do:
I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will
I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my
soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years;
take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto
him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of
thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast
provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and
is not rich toward God. And he said unto his disciples,
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life,
what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put
on. The life is more than meat, and the body is more than
raiment. Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap;
which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth
them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? And which
of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why
take ye thought for the rest? Consider the lilies how they
grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you,
that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of
these. If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in
the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much
more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? And seek not
ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye
of doubtful mind. For all these things do the nations of the
world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need
of these things. But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and
all these things shall be added unto you. Fear not, little
flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the
kingdom. Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide
yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens
that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth
corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your
heart be also."
Luke 12:16-34, KJV
"Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat
which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man
shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed."
John 6:27, KJV
"Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall
declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the
fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any
man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall
receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he
shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as
by fire."
1 Corinthians 3:13-15, KJV
"And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the
fashion of this world passeth away."
1 Corinthians 7:31, KJV
"Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in
whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content."
Philippians 4:11, KJV
"But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we
brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can
carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be
therewith content. 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. For the
love of money is the root of all evil: which while some
coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced
themselves through with many sorrows."
1 Timothy 6:6-10, KJV
"Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be
content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I
will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."
Hebrews 13:5, KJV
"Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries
that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and
your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is
cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against
you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have
heaped treasure together for the last days. Behold, the hire
of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is
of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them
which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of
sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been
wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of
slaughter. Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he
doth not resist you. Be patient therefore, brethren, unto
the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for
the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for
it, until he receive the early and latter rain."
James 5:1-7, KJV
"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. For all that is in the world, the lust of the
flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is
not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world
passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the
will of God abideth for ever."
1 John 2:15-17, KJV
"And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed
unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give
thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me;
and to whomsoever I will I give it."
Luke 4:5-6, KJV
"In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of
them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious
gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto
them."
2 Corinthians 4:4, KJV
"Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not
ignorant of his devices."
2 Corinthians 2:11, KJV
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