The true riches Eph 3:8; 1Co 1:30; Col 2:3; 1Pe 2:7
To God belongs this world's riches Hag 2:8
God gives power to obtain De 8:18
The blessing of the Lord brings Pr 10:22
Give worldly power Pr 22:7
DESCRIBED AS
Temporary Pr 27:24
Uncertain 1Ti 6:17
Fleeting Pr 23:5; Re 18:16,17
Deceitful Mt 13:22
Liable to be stolen Mt 6:19
Perishable Jer 48:36
Thick clay Hab 2:6
Often an obstruction to the reception of the gospel Mr 10:23-25
Deceitfulness of, chokes the word Mt 13:22
The love of, the root of all evil 1Ti 6:10
OFTEN LEAD TO
Forgetting God De 8:13,14
Denying God Pr 30:8,9
Forsaking God De 32:15
Rebelling against God Ne 9:25,26
Rejecting Christ Mt 19:22; 10:22
Self-sufficiency Pr 28:11
Anxiety Ec 5:12
An overbearing spirit Pr 18:23
Violence Mic 6:12
Oppression Jas 2:6
Fraud Jas 5:4
Sensual indulgence Lu 16:19; Jas 5:5
Life consists not in abundance of Lu 12:15
Be not over-anxious for Pr 30:8
Labour not for Pr 23:4
THEY WHO COVET
Fall into temptation and a snare 1Ti 6:9
Fall into hurtful lusts 1Ti 6:9
Err from the faith 1Ti 6:10
Use unlawful means to acquire Pr 28:20
Bring trouble on themselves 1Ti 6:10
Bring trouble on their families Pr 15:27
Profit not in the day of wrath Pr 11:4
Cannot secure prosperity Jas 1:11
Cannot redeem the soul Ps 49:6-9; 1Pe 1:18
Cannot deliver in the day of God's wrath Zep 1:18; Re 6:15-17
THEY WHO POSSESS, SHOULD
Ascribe them to God 1Ch 29:12
Not trust in them Job 31:24; 1Ti 6:17
Not set the heart on them Ps 62:10
Not boast of obtaining them De 8:17
Not glory in them Jer 9:23
Not hoard them up Mt 6:19
Devote them to God's service 1Ch 29:3; Mr 12:42-44
Give of them to the poor Mt 19:21; 1Jo 3:17
Use them in promoting the salvation of others Lu 16:9
Be liberal in all things 1Ti 6:18
Esteem it a privilege to be allowed to give 1Ch 29:14
Not to be high-minded 1Ti 6:17
When converted, rejoice in being humbled Jas 1:9,10
Heavenly treasures superior to Mt 6:19,20
Of the wicked laid up for the just Pr 13:22
THE WICKED
Often increase in Ps 73:12
Often spend their day in Job 21:13
Swallow down Job 20:15
Trust in the abundance of Ps 52:7
Heap up Job 27:16; Ps 39:6; Ec 2:26
Keep, to their hurt Ec 5:13
Boast themselves in Ps 49:6; 52:7
Profit not by Pr 11:4; 13:7; Ec 5:11
Have trouble with Pr 15:6; 1Ti 6:9,10
Must leave, to others Ps 49:10
Vanity of heaping up Ps 39:6; Ec 5:10,11
Guilt of trusting in Job 31:24,28; Eze 28:4,5,8
Guilt of rejoicing in Job 31:25,28
DENUNCIATIONS AGAINST THOSE WHO
Get, unlawfully Jer 17:11
Increase, by oppression Pr 22:16; Hab 2:6-8; Mic 2:2,3
Hoard up Ec 5:13,14; Jas 5:3
Trust in Pr 11:28
Receive their consolation Lu 6:24
Abuse Jas 5:1,5
Spend, upon their appetite Job 20:15-17
Folly and danger of trusting to-Illustrated Lu 12:16-21
Danger of misusing-Illustrated Lu 16:19-25
Examples of saints possessing
Abram Ge 13:2
Lot Ge 13:5,6
Isaac Ge 26:13,14
Jacob Ge 32:5,10
Joseph Ge 45:8,13
Boaz Ru 2:1
Barzillai 2Sa 19:32
Shunammite 2Ki 4:8
David 1Ch 29:28
Jehoshaphat 2Ch 17:5
Hezekiah 2Ch 32:27-29
Job Job 1:3
Joseph of Arimathea Mt 27:57
Zacchaeus Lu 19:2
Dorcas Ac 9:36
Examples of those truly rich Mt 5:8; 8:10; 13:45,46; Lu 10:42; Joh 1:45; Php 3:8; Jas 2:5; 1Pe 2:7; Re 3:18
Examples of wicked men possessing
Laban Ge 30:30
Esau Ge 36:7
Nabal 1Sa 25:2
Haman Es 5:11
Ammonites Jer 49:4
People of Tyre Eze 28:5
Young man Mt 19:22