Bible Cross References
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Job 31:24
I have never trusted in riches
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.
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 11:4
Riches will do you no good on the day you face death, but honesty can save your life.
Proverbs 16:16
It is better---much better---to have wisdom and knowledge than gold and silver.
Proverbs 23:5
Your money can be gone in a flash, as if it had grown wings and flown away like an eagle.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
God gives wisdom, knowledge, and happiness to those who please him, but he makes sinners work, earning and saving, so that what they get can be given to those who please him. It is all useless. It is like chasing the wind.
Ecclesiastes 5:10-14
10
If you love money, you will never be satisfied; if you long to be rich, you will never get all you want. It is useless.
11
The richer you are, the more mouths you have to feed. All you gain is the knowledge that you are rich.
12
Workers may or may not have enough to eat, but at least they can get a good night's sleep. The rich, however, have so much that they stay awake worrying.
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,
14
and then lose it all in some bad deal and end up with nothing left to pass on to their children.
Zephaniah 1:18
On the day when the LORD shows his fury, not even all their silver and gold will save them. The whole earth will be destroyed by the fire of his anger. He will put an end---a sudden end---to everyone who lives on earth.
Luke 12:21
And Jesus concluded, "This is how it is with those who pile up riches for themselves but are not rich in God's sight."
Luke 18:24
Jesus saw that he was sad and said, "How hard it is for rich people to enter the Kingdom of God!
1 Timothy 6:8-10
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So then, if we have food and clothes, that should be enough for us.
9
But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and are caught in the trap of many foolish and harmful desires, which pull them down to ruin and destruction.
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 6:17-10
Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, "I will never leave you; I will never abandon you."
James 5:1-3
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And now, you rich people, listen to me! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you!
2
Your riches have rotted away, and your clothes have been eaten by moths.
3
Your gold and silver are covered with rust, and this rust will be a witness against you and will eat up your flesh like fire. You have piled up riches in these last days.
1 John 2:15
Do not love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the world, you do not love the Father.
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.