Bible Cross References
If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
Genesis 31:1
Jacob heard that Laban's sons were saying, "Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father. He got all his wealth from what our father owned."
Deuteronomy 8:12-14
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When you have all you want to eat and have built good houses to live in
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and when your cattle and sheep, your silver and gold, and all your other possessions have increased,
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be sure that you do not become proud and forget the LORD your God who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves.
Psalm 49:6
by evil people who trust in their riches and boast of their great wealth.
Psalm 49:7
We can never redeem ourselves; we cannot pay God the price for our lives,
Psalm 49:17
he cannot take it with him when he dies; his wealth will not go with him to the grave.
Psalm 52:7
"Look, here is someone who did not depend on God for safety, but trusted instead in great wealth and looked for security in being wicked."
Psalm 62:10
Don't put your trust in violence; don't hope to gain anything by robbery; even if your riches increase, don't depend on them.
Proverbs 10:15
Wealth protects the rich; poverty destroys the poor.
Proverbs 11:28
Those who depend on their wealth will fall like the leaves of autumn, but the righteous will prosper like the leaves of summer.
Proverbs 30:9
If I have more, I might say that I do not need you. But if I am poor, I might steal and bring disgrace on my God.
Mark 10:24
The disciples were shocked at these words, but Jesus went on to say, "My children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God!
Luke 12:15
And he went on to say to them all, "Watch out and guard yourselves from every kind of greed; because your true life is not made up of the things you own, no matter how rich you may be."
Colossians 3:5
You must put to death, then, the earthly desires at work in you, such as sexual immorality, indecency, lust, evil passions, and greed (for greed is a form of idolatry).
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a source of all kinds of evil. Some have been so eager to have it that they have wandered away from the faith and have broken their hearts with many sorrows.
1 Timothy 6:17
Command those who are rich in the things of this life not to be proud, but to place their hope, not in such an uncertain thing as riches, but in God, who generously gives us everything for our enjoyment.