1 Timothy 6:9 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁹But 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 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:15-17
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. …
Proverbs 15:27
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Proverbs 28:20-22
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. …
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.
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.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Avarice Beneficence Care Carnal Mindedness Covetousness Cupidity Desire

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…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 9)

9. will be rich--have more than “food and raiment.” Greek, “wish to be rich”; not merely are willing, but are resolved, and earnestly desire to have riches at any cost (Pr 28:20, 22). This wishing (not the riches themselves) is fatal to “contentment” (1Ti 6:6). Rich men are not told to cast away their riches, but not to “trust” in them, and to “do good” with them (1Ti 6:17, 18; Psa 62:10). fall in…