Riches
Riches
The true riches - Eph 3:8; 1Co 1:30; Col 2:3; 1Pe 2:7
God gives - 1Sa 2:7; Ec 5:19
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
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
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
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
Danger of misusing-Illustrated - Lu 16:19-25
Examples of saints possessing
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