Snare Of Riches   
      
   Last Updated : July 25, 2006   
      
      
   "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth   
   and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and   
   steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where   
   neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not   
   break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there   
   will your heart be also."   
   Matthew 6:19-21, KJV   
      
   ". . . Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly   
   enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say unto you,   
   It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle,   
   than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."   
   Matthew 19:23-24, KJV   
      
   "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole   
   world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in   
   exchange for his soul?"   
   Mark 8:36-37, KJV   
      
   ". . . Children, how hard is it for them that trust in   
   riches to enter into the kingdom of God!"   
   Mark 10:24b, KJV   
      
   "And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a   
   certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought   
   within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no   
   room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do:   
   I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will   
   I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my   
   soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years;   
   take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto   
   him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of   
   thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast   
   provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and   
   is not rich toward God. And he said unto his disciples,   
   Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life,   
   what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put   
   on. The life is more than meat, and the body is more than   
   raiment. Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap;   
   which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth   
   them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? And which   
   of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?   
   If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why   
   take ye thought for the rest? Consider the lilies how they   
   grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you,   
   that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of   
   these. If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in   
   the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much   
   more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? And seek not   
   ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye   
   of doubtful mind. For all these things do the nations of the   
   world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need   
   of these things. But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and   
   all these things shall be added unto you. Fear not, little   
   flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the   
   kingdom. Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide   
   yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens   
   that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth   
   corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your   
   heart be also."   
   Luke 12:16-34, KJV   
      
   "Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat   
   which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man   
   shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed."   
   John 6:27, KJV   
      
   "Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall   
   declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the   
   fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any   
   man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall   
   receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he   
   shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as   
   by fire."   
   1 Corinthians 3:13-15, KJV   
      
   "And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the   
   fashion of this world passeth away."   
   1 Corinthians 7:31, KJV   
      
   "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in   
   whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content."   
   Philippians 4:11, KJV   
      
   "But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we   
   brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can   
   carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be   
   therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into   
   temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful   
   lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the   
   love of money is the root of all evil: which while some   
   coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced   
   themselves through with many sorrows."   
   1 Timothy 6:6-10, KJV   
      
   "Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be   
   content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I   
   will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."   
   Hebrews 13:5, KJV   
      
   "Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries   
   that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and   
   your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is   
   cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against   
   you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have   
   heaped treasure together for the last days. Behold, the hire   
   of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is   
   of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them   
   which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of   
   sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been   
   wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of   
   slaughter. Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he   
   doth not resist you. Be patient therefore, brethren, unto   
   the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for   
   the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for   
   it, until he receive the early and latter rain."   
   James 5:1-7, KJV   
      
   "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the   
   world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is   
   not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the   
   flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is   
   not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world   
   passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the   
   will of God abideth for ever."   
   1 John 2:15-17, KJV   
      
   "And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed   
   unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.   
   And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give   
   thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me;   
   and to whomsoever I will I give it."   
   Luke 4:5-6, KJV   
      
   "In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of   
   them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious   
   gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto   
   them."   
   2 Corinthians 4:4, KJV   
      
   "Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not   
   ignorant of his devices."   
   2 Corinthians 2:11, KJV   
      
      
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