1Ti 6:9, 17 | ISV | STEP | But people who want to get rich keep toppling into temptation and are trapped by many stupid and harmful desires that plunge them into destruction and ruin.

1 Timothy 6:9

9 But people who want to get rich keep toppling into temptation and are trapped by many stupid and harmful desires that plunge them into destruction and ruin.Prov 15:27; 20:21; 28:20; Matt 13:22; 1Tim 1:19; 3:7; James 5:1

17 Tell those who are rich in the present world not to be arrogant and not to place their confidence in anything as uncertain as riches. Instead, let them place their confidence ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks let them place their confidence} in God, who lavishly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.Job 31:24; Ps 52:7; 62:10; Prov 23:5; Mark 10:24; Luke 12:21; Acts 14:17; 17:25; 1Thes 1:9; 1Tim 3:15; 4:10