10For 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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So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
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.
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-12)From the mention of the abuse which some put upon religion, making it to serve their secular advantages, the apostle, I. Takes occasion to show the excellency of contentment and the evil of covetousness. 1. The excellency of contentment, 1 Tim. 6:6-8. Some account Christianity an advantageous profession for this world. In the sense they mean this is false; yet it is undoubtedly true that, though C…
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