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But they that willc be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

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Prov. 28:20• ²⁰A faithful man aboundeth with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. (Prov. 28:20)

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Gen. 13:10‑13• ¹⁰And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan that it was thoroughly watered, before Jehovah had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; as the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as one goes to Zoar.
¹¹And Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan; and Lot went toward the east. And they separated the one from the other:
¹²Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan; and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched tents as far as Sodom.
¹³And the people of Sodom were wicked, and great sinners before Jehovah. (Gen. 13:10‑13)

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Num. 22:17‑19• ¹⁷for very highly will I honour thee, and whatever thou shalt say to me will I do; come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
¹⁸And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, If Balak give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the commandment of Jehovah my God, to do less or more.
¹⁹And now, I pray you, abide ye also here this night, and I shall know what Jehovah will say to me further. (Num. 22:17‑19)

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Josh. 7:11• ¹¹Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them, and they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it among their stuff. (Josh. 7:11)

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2 Kings 5:20‑27• ²⁰And Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman, this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought; but as Jehovah liveth, I will run after him and take somewhat of him.
²¹And Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he sprang down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?
²²And he said, All is well. My master has sent me saying, Behold, even now there are come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of raiment.
²³And Naaman said, Consent to take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of raiment, and laid them upon two of his young men; and they bore them before him.
²⁴And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and stowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.
²⁵And he entered in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
²⁶And he said to him, Did not my heart go, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and bondmen, and bondwomen?
²⁷But the leprosy of Naaman shall fasten upon thee, and upon thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence leprous, as snow. (2 Kings 5:20‑27)

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Prov. 15:27• ²⁷He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. (Prov. 15:27)

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Prov. 20:21• ²¹An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end. (Prov. 20:21)

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Prov. 21:6• ⁶The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death. (Prov. 21:6)

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Prov. 22:16• ¹⁶He that oppresseth the poor, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, bringeth only to want. (Prov. 22:16)

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Prov. 28:20‑22• ²⁰A faithful man aboundeth with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
²¹To have respect of persons is not good; but for a piece of bread will a man transgress.
²²He that hath an evil eye hasteth after wealth, and knoweth not that poverty shall come upon him. (Prov. 28:20‑22)

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Isa. 5:8• ⁸Woe unto them that add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land! (Isa. 5:8)

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Hos. 12:7‑8• ⁷He is a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
⁸And Ephraim saith, Nevertheless I am become rich, I have found me out substance; in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. (Hos. 12:7‑8)

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Amos 8:4‑6• ⁴Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,
⁵saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit:
⁶that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and that we may sell the refuse of the wheat. (Amos 8:4‑6)

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Zech. 11:5• ⁵whose possessors slay them without being held guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah! for I am become rich; and their own shepherds pity them not. (Zech. 11:5)

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Matt. 13:22• ²²And he that is sown among the thorns--this is he who hears the word, and the anxious care of this life, and the deceit of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. (Matt. 13:22)

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Matt. 19:22• ²²But the young man, having heard the word, went away grieved, for he had large possessions. (Matt. 19:22)

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Matt. 26:15• ¹⁵and said, What are ye willing to give me, and *I* will deliver him up to you? And they appointed to him thirty pieces of silver. (Matt. 26:15)

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James 5:1‑4• ¹Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you.
²Your wealth is become rotten, and your garments moth-eaten.
³Your gold and silver is eaten away, and their canker shall be for a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasure in the last days.
⁴Behold, the wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. (James 5:1‑4)

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2 Peter 2:15‑16• ¹⁵having left the straight way they have gone astray, having followed in the path of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the reward of unrighteousness;
¹⁶but had reproof of his own wickedness--the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the folly of the prophet. (2 Peter 2:15‑16)

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Jude 11• ¹¹Woe to them! because they have gone in the way of Cain, and given themselves up to the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. (Jude 11)

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1 Tim. 3:7• ⁷But it is necessary that he should have also a good testimony from those without, that he may fall not into reproach and the snare of the devil. (1 Tim. 3:7)

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Deut. 7:25• ²⁵The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire; thou shalt not covet the silver and gold that is on them and take it unto thee, lest thou be ensnared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God. (Deut. 7:25)

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Psa. 11:6• ⁶Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone; and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup. (Psa. 11:6)

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Prov. 1:17‑19• ¹⁷For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.
¹⁸And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
¹⁹So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors. (Prov. 1:17‑19)

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Luke 21:35• ³⁵for as a snare shall it come upon all them that dwell upon the face of the whole earth. (Luke 21:35)

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2 Tim. 2:26• ²⁶and that they may awake up out of the snare of the devil, who are taken by him, for *his* will. (2 Tim. 2:26)

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Mark 4:19• ¹⁹and the cares of life, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. (Mark 4:19)

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Eph. 4:22• ²²namely your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts; (Eph. 4:22)

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1 John 2:15‑17• ¹⁵Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him;
¹⁶because 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.
¹⁷And the world is passing, and its lust, but he that does the will of God abides for eternity. (1 John 2:15‑17)

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1 Tim. 1:9• ⁹knowing this, that law has not its application to a righteous person, but to the lawless and insubordinate, to the impious and sinful, to the unholy and profane, to smiters of fathers and smiters of mothers; to murderers, (1 Tim. 1:9)

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Num. 31:8• ⁸And they slew the kings of Midian, besides the others slain, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian; and Balaam the son of Beor they slew with the sword. (Num. 31:8)

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Josh. 7:24‑26• ²⁴Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the bar of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had; and they brought them up into the valley of Achor.
²⁵And Joshua said, How hast thou troubled us! Jehovah will trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.
²⁶And they raised over him a great heap of stones, which is there to this day. And Jehovah turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called, The Valley of Achor, to this day. (Josh. 7:24‑26)

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Matt. 27:3‑5• ³Then Judas, who delivered him up, seeing that he had been condemned, filled with remorse, returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,
⁴saying, I have sinned in having delivered up guiltless blood. But they said, What is that to us? see *thou* to that.
⁵And having cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, he left the place, and went away and hanged himself. (Matt. 27:3‑5)

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Acts 5:4‑5• ⁴While it remained did it not remain to *thee*? and sold, was it not in thine own power? Why is it that thou hast purposed this thing in thine heart? Thou hast not lied to men, but to God.
⁵And Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and expired. And great fear came upon all who heard it. (Acts 5:4‑5)

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Acts 8:20• ²⁰And Peter said to him, Thy money go with thee to destruction, because thou hast thought that the gift of God can be obtained by money. (Acts 8:20)

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2 Peter 2:3• ³And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not. (2 Peter 2:3)

• faith makes Christ all, which the young man did not: else he had not gone away with a fallen countenance from Him who never fails to give peace to the most tried believer, and fills with joy the most forlorn. (“On 1 Timothy 6:9-10” by W. Kelly)

• Wealth practically means the possession of much more than we need for ourselves or the poor from day to day, what is over and above godly use, what therefore can only be for show or indulgence, for lavishness or for hoarding. (“On 1 Timothy 6:9-10” by W. Kelly)

• It has been pointed out that this word "desire" includes the idea of purpose. The danger is that the believer, instead of being content to earn his living, may set himself with "purpose" of heart to be rich. (“Warnings Against Pride of the Flesh and Instruction in Piety: 1 Timothy 6” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But those who desired to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.

JND Translation Notes

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"Desire" includes the idea of purpose here.

W. Kelly Translation

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But those that wish to be rich fall into temptation and a snarea, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, such as sink men into destruction and perdition.

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Not a few MSS. and versions add "of the devil"; but this is superfluous if not narrow, no doubt due to chap. 3:7.