BIBLE REFERENCE OF RICHES AS OBSTACLE TO CHRISTIAN LIFE
BY
LUCKY EYIS AMIWERO
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PROVERBS 23:4-5
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LABOR NOT TO BE RICH
(4) Labor not to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom
(5) Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For
riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as
an eagle toward heaven
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PROVERBS 27:24
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FOR RICHES ARE NOT FOR EVER
(24) For riches are not for ever; and doth the crown
endured to every generation
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PROVERBS 28:20
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HE THAT MAKETH HASTE TO BE RICH SHALL NOT BE
INNOCENT
(20) A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he
that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent
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PROVERBS 11-28
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HE THAT TRUSTETH IN HIS RICHES SHALL FALL
(28) He that trusteh in his riches shall fall:but the
righteous shall flourish as a branch
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JERIMIAH 9:23-24
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LET NOT THE RICH GLORY IN HIS RICHES
(23) Thus saith the LORD let not the wise man glory in his
wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let
not the rich man glory in his riches
(24) But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he
understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD
which exercise loving kindness judgment, and
righteousness, in the earth; for in these things I delight
saith the LORD
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MATHEW 6:19-20
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DO NOT LAY UP FOR YOURSELVES TREASURES ON
EARTH
(19) Lay not up for yourselves treasure upon earth,
where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do
not break through nor: steal:
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o (20) But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and
where thieves do not break through nor steal
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MATTHEW 19:23-24
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THAT A RICH MAN SHALL HARDLY ENTER INTO THE
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
• (23) Then said JESUS unto his disciples, Verily I say
unto you, that a rich man shall hardly enter into
the kingdom of heaven
• (24) And again I say unto you, it is easier for a
camel to go though the eye of a needle, than a rich
man to enter into the kingdom of GOD
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MARK 4:18-19
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AND THE CARE OF THIS WORLD AND THE
DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES CHOKE THE WORD
• (18) And these are they which are sown among
thorns; such as hear the word,
• (19) And the cares of this world and the
deceitfulness of riches, and the lust of other things
entering in, choke the word, and it becometh
unfruitful.
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LUKE 6:24
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WOE ON TO YOU THAT ARE RICH
(24) But, woe unto you that are rich! For ye have
received your consolation
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LUKE 8:14
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AND ARE CHOKED WITH CARES AND RICHES AND
PLEASURE OF THIS LIFE
• (14) And that which fell among thorns are they,
which, when they have heard, go forth, and are
choked with care and riches and pleasure of this
life, and bring no fruit to perfection
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LUKE 12:13-15
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TAKE HEED, AND BEWARE OF COVETOUSNESS; FOR A
MAN’S LIFE CONSISTETH NOT IN THE ABUNDANCE OF
THING WHICH HE POSSESSETH
• (13) And one the company said unto him, Master,
speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance
with me.
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(14) And he said unto him, Man, who made me a
judge or divider over you?
• 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware
of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in
the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
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LUKE 12:20-21
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THE RICH FOOL WHO LAY TREASURE FOR HIMSELF AND
NOT TOWARDS GOD
• (20) But God said unto him thou fool, this night
thy soul shall be required of thee; whose shall
those be which thou hast provided?
• (21) So is he that layeth up treasures for himself,
and is not rich towards GOD
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LUKE 12:33
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A TREASURES IN HEAVEN THAT FAILETH NOT
• (33) 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 corrupt
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LUKE 18:22-24
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AND JESUS SAID ONTO HIM YET LACKEST THOU ONE
THING SELL ALL THAT THOU HAST AND DISTRIBUTE
UNTO THE POOR
• (22) Now when JESUS heard these things he said
unto him yet lackest thou one thing; sell all that
thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou
shalt have treasure in heaven: and come follow
me
• (23) And when he heard this, he was very
sorrowful: for he was very rich
• (24) And when JESUS saw that he was very
sorrowful, he said How hardly shall they that have
riches enter into the kingdom of GOD
• (25) For it is easier for a camel to go through a
needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the
kingdom of GOD
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LUKE 16 :9-11
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MAKE TO YOURSELVES FRIENDS OF THE MAMMON OF
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
• (9) And I say unto you, make to yourselves friends
of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye
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fail, they may receive you into everlasting
habitations
• (10) he that is faithful in that which is least is
faithful also in much: and he that is unjust also in
the least is unjust also in much
• (11) If therefore ye have not been faithful in the
unrighteous mammon ,who will commit to your
trust the TRUE RICHES
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LUKE 16:25
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BUT ABRAHAM SAID, SON, REMEMBER THAT THOU IN
THY LIFETIME RECEIVEDST THY GOOD THINGS
(25) But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy
lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise
LAZARUS evil things; bur now he is comforted, and thou
art tormented
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LUKE 21:34
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TAKE HEED TO YOURSELVES, LEST AT ANY TIME YOUR
HEARTS BE OVERCHARGED
• (34) And take heed to yourselves, lest at anytime
your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and
drunkenness, and cares of this life and so that day
come upon you unawares
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JOHN 6:26-27
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LABOR NOT FOR THE MEAT WHICH PERISHETH
• (26) JESUS answered them and said, Verily ,verily, I
say unto you, ye seek me, not because ye saw the
miracles but because ye did eat of the loaves, and
were filled
• (27) Labor not for the meat which periheth, 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
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• 1 TIMOTHY 6:7-9
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FOR WE BROUGHT NOTHING INTO THIS WORLD, AND IT
IS CERTAIN WE CAN CARRY NOTHING OUT
• (7) For we brought nothing into this world, and it
is certain we can carry nothing out
• (8) And having food and raiment let us be there
with content
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• (9) But they that will be rich fall into temptation
and a snare, and into foolish and hurtfully lusts,
which drown men in destruction and perdition
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1 TIMOTHY 6:10
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• FOR THE LOVE MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL
• (10) 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
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• 1 TIMOTHY 6:17- 18
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CHARGE THE THAT ARE RICH IN THIS WORLD, THAT
THEY BE NOT HIGH-MINDED, OR TRUST IN UNCERTAIN
RICHES
• (17) Charge them that are rich in this world, that
they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain
riches, but in the living GOD who giveth us richly all
things to enjoy
• (18) that they do good that they be rich in good
works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
• (19)Laying up in store for themselves a good
foundation against the time to come, that they
may hold on eternal life
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HEBREW 13:5-6
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• LET YOUR CONVERSATION BE WITHOUT
COVETOUSNESS
• (5) Let your conversation be without
covetousness; and be content with such things as
ye have ;for he said, I will never leave thee, nor
forsake thee
• (6) So that we may boldly say, The LORD is my
helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto
me.
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JAMES 5:1-6
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• WARNING TO THE RICH
• (1) Go to now,ye rich men, weep and howl for
your miseries that shall come upon you
• (2) Your riches are corrupted, and your garments
are moth-eaten.
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• (3) Your Gold and Silver is cankered; and the rust
of them shall be a witness against you, and shall be
witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it
were fire ye have heaped treasure together for the
last days
• (4) Behold, the hire of the laborers 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
• (5) Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and
been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in
a day of slaughter
• (6) Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he
doth not resist you
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• PHILIPPIANS 4:11-
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NOT THAT I SPEAK IN RESPECT OF WANT: FOR I HAVE
LEARNED, IN WHATSOEVER STATE I AM, THEREWITH
TO BE CONTENT
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