1 Timothy 6:9
1 Timothy · New Testament · Chapter 6
“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.”1 Timothy 6:9
What Does 1 Timothy 6:9 Mean?
1 Timothy 6:9 is found in the book of 1 Timothy, chapter 6, verse 9 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Temptation, and Poverty & Wealth.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 1 Timothy 6:9 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 6:24“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”1 Timothy 6:10“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.”Hebrews 12:1“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,”Ephesians 5:15“See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,”Matthew 13:22“He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.”James 5:1“Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.”Mark 4:19“And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.”1 John 2:15“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.”2 Timothy 2:4“No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.”Matthew 19:23“Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.”Psalms 91:3“Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.”Luke 8:14“And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.”Proverbs 15:27“He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.”Proverbs 20:21“An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.”Proverbs 28:20“A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.”James 4:2“Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.”Acts 8:20“But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.”1 Timothy 3:7“Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.”Ezekiel 33:31“And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.”Mark 10:22“And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.”
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