

The true riches
[Eph 3:8]; [1Co 1:30]; [Col 2:3]; [1Pe 2:7];
God gives
[1Sa 2:7]; [Ecc 5:19];
To God belongs this world's riches
[Hag 2:8];
God gives power to obtain
[Deu 8:18];
The blessing of the Lord brings
[Pro 10:22];
Give worldly power
[Pro 22:7];
DESCRIBED AS
Temporary
[Pro 27:24];
Uncertain
[1Ti 6:17];
Unsatisfying
[Ecc 4:8]; [Ecc 5:10];
Corruptible
[Jam 5:2]; [1Pe 1:18];
Fleeting
[Pro 23:5]; [Rev 18:16]; [Rev 18:17];
Deceitful
[Mat 13:22];
Liable to be stolen
[Mat 6:19];
Perishable
[Jer 48:36];
Thick clay
[Hab 2:6];
Often an obstruction to the reception of the gospel
[Mar 10:23]-25;
Deceitfulness of, chokes the word
[Mat 13:22];
The love of, the root of all evil
[1Ti 6:10];
OFTEN LEAD TO
Pride
[Eze 28:5]; [Hos 12:8];
Forgetting God
[Deu 8:13]; [Deu 8:14];
Denying God
[Pro 30:8]; [Pro 30:9];
Forsaking God
[Deu 32:15];
Rebelling against God
[Neh 9:25]; [Neh 9:26];
Rejecting Christ
[Mat 19:22]; [Mat 10:22];
Self-sufficiency
[Pro 28:11];
Anxiety
[Ecc 5:12];
An overbearing spirit
[Pro 18:23];
Violence
[Mic 6:12];
Oppression
[Jam 2:6];
Fraud
[Jam 5:4];
Sensual indulgence
[Luk 16:19]; [Jam 5:5];
Life consists not in abundance of
[Luk 12:15];
Be not over-anxious for
[Pro 30:8];
Labour not for
[Pro 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
[Pro 28:20];
Bring trouble on themselves
[1Ti 6:10];
Bring trouble on their families
[Pro 15:27];
Profit not in the day of wrath
[Pro 11:4];
Cannot secure prosperity
[Jam 1:11];
Cannot redeem the soul
[Psa 49:6]-9; [1Pe 1:18];
Cannot deliver in the day of God's wrath
[Zep 1:18]; [Rev 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
[Psa 62:10];
Not boast of obtaining them
[Deu 8:17];
Not glory in them
[Jer 9:23];
Not hoard them up
[Mat 6:19];
Devote them to God's service
[1Ch 29:3]; [Mar 12:42]-44;
Give of them to the poor
[Mat 19:21]; [1Jo 3:17];
Use them in promoting the salvation of others
[Luk 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
[Jam 1:9]; [Jam 1:10];
Heavenly treasures superior to
[Mat 6:19]; [Mat 6:20];
Of the wicked laid up for the just
[Pro 13:22];
THE WICKED
Often increase in
[Psa 73:12];
Often spend their day in
[Job 21:13];
Swallow down
[Job 20:15];
Trust in the abundance of
[Psa 52:7];
Heap up
[Job 27:16]; [Psa 39:6]; [Ecc 2:26];
Keep, to their hurt
[Ecc 5:13];
Boast themselves in
[Psa 49:6]; [Psa 52:7];
Profit not by
[Pro 11:4]; [Pro 13:7]; [Ecc 5:11];
Have trouble with
[Pro 15:6]; [1Ti 6:9]; [1Ti 6:10];
Must leave, to others
[Psa 49:10];
Vanity of heaping up
[Psa 39:6]; [Ecc 5:10]; [Ecc 5:11];
Guilt of trusting in
[Job 31:24]; [Job 31:28]; [Eze 28:4]; [Eze 28:5]; [Eze 28:8];
Guilt of rejoicing in
[Job 31:25]; [Job 31:28];
DENUNCIATIONS AGAINST THOSE WHO
Get, by vanity
[Pro 13:11]; [Pro 21:6];
Get, unlawfully
[Jer 17:11];
Increase, by oppression
[Pro 22:16]; [Hab 2:6]-8; [Mic 2:2]; [Mic 2:3];
Hoard up
[Ecc 5:13]; [Ecc 5:14]; [Jam 5:3];
Trust in
[Pro 11:28];
Receive their consolation
[Luk 6:24];
Abuse
[Jam 5:1]; [Jam 5:5];
Spend, upon their appetite
[Job 20:15]-17;
Folly and danger of trusting to-Illustrated
[Luk 12:16]-21;
Danger of misusing-Illustrated
[Luk 16:19]-25;
Examples of saints possessing
Abram
[Gen 13:2];
Lot
[Gen 13:5]; [Gen 13:6];
Isaac
[Gen 26:13]; [Gen 26:14];
Jacob
[Gen 32:5]; [Gen 32:10];
Joseph
[Gen 45:8]; [Gen 45:13];
Boaz
[Rth 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
[Mat 27:57];
Zacchaeus
[Luk 19:2];
Dorcas
[Act 9:36];
Examples of those truly rich
[Mat 5:8]; [Mat 8:10]; [Mat 13:45]; [Mat 13:46]; [Luk 10:42]; [Joh 1:45]; [Phi 3:8]; [Jam 2:5]; [1Pe 2:7]; [Rev 3:18];
Examples of wicked men possessing
Laban
[Gen 30:30];
Esau
[Gen 36:7];
Nabal
[1Sa 25:2];
Haman
[Est 5:11];
Ammonites
[Jer 49:4];
People of Tyre
[Eze 28:5];
Young man
[Mat 19:22];