Bible Cross References
thou
Psalm 119:36
Give me the desire to obey your laws rather than to get rich.
Psalm 119:37
Keep me from paying attention to what is worthless; be good to me, as you have promised.
Jeremiah 22:17
But you can only see your selfish interests; you kill the innocent and violently oppress your people. The LORD has spoken.
1 John 2:16
Everything that belongs to the world---what the sinful self desires, what people see and want, and everything in this world that people are so proud of---none of this comes from the Father; it all comes from the world.
that which
Genesis 42:36
Their father said to them, "Do you want to make me lose all my children? Joseph is gone; Simeon is gone; and now you want to take away Benjamin. I am the one who suffers!"
Ecclesiastes 1:2
It is useless, useless, said the Philosopher. Life is useless, all useless.
Ecclesiastes 12:8
Useless, useless, said the Philosopher. It is all useless.
Isaiah 55:2
Why spend money on what does not satisfy? Why spend your wages and still be hungry? Listen to me and do what I say, and you will enjoy the best food of all.
1 Corinthians 7:29-31
29
What I mean, my friends, is this: there is not much time left, and from now on married people should live as though they were not married;
30
those who weep, as though they were not sad; those who laugh, as though they were not happy; those who buy, as though they did not own what they bought;
31
those who deal in material goods, as though they were not fully occupied with them. For this world, as it is now, will not last much longer.
riches
Proverbs 27:24
because wealth is not permanent. Not even nations last forever.
Job 1:14-17
14
a messenger came running to Job. "We were plowing the fields with the oxen," he said, "and the donkeys were in a nearby pasture.
15
Suddenly the Sabeans attacked and stole them all. They killed every one of your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you."
16
Before he had finished speaking, another servant came and said, "Lightning struck the sheep and the shepherds and killed them all. I am the only one who escaped to tell you."
17
Before he had finished speaking, another servant came and said, "Three bands of Chaldean raiders attacked us, took away the camels, and killed all your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you."
Psalm 39:6
no more than a shadow. All we do is for nothing; we gather wealth, but don't know who will get it.
Ecclesiastes 5:13
Here is a terrible thing that I have seen in this world: people save up their money for a time when they may need it,
Ecclesiastes 5:14
and then lose it all in some bad deal and end up with nothing left to pass on to their children.
Matthew 6:19
"Do not store up riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and robbers break in and steal.
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.
James 5:1
And now, you rich people, listen to me! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you!
James 5:2
Your riches have rotted away, and your clothes have been eaten by moths.