1Ki 10:21, Psa 62:10, Pro 30:8-9, Mat 6:19-20, 13:22, 19:23-24 | ESV | STEP | All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold , and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold . None were of silver ; silver was not considered as anything in the days of Solomon .

a[See ver. 17 above]

m[See ver. 19 above]

nSee ch. 6:25

o 2 Tim. 4:10

p 1 Tim. 6:9, 10, 17; [ch. 19:23; Mark 10:23; Acts 5:1-11; Heb. 3:13]

q[1 Cor. 1:26]; See ch. 13:22

r[Mark 10:24]

sSee ch. 12:28

1 Kings 10:21

21 All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of ^athe House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver; silver was not considered as anything in the days of Solomon.

Psalms 62:10

10 Put no trust in extortion;
^bset no vain hopes on robbery;
^cif riches increase, set not your heart on them.

Proverbs 30:8-9

8 Remove far from me falsehood and lying;
give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with the food that is ^dneedful for me,
9 lest I be ^efull and ^fdeny you
and say, ^g“Who is the Lord?”
or lest I be poor and steal
^hand profane the name of my God.

Matthew 6:19-20

Lay Up Treasures in Heaven

19 ⁱ“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where ^jmoth and rust ^{▼▼Or worm; also verse 20} destroy and where thieves ^lbreak in and steal, 20 ^mbut lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Matthew 13:22

22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but ⁿthe cares of ^othe world and ^pthe deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

Matthew 19:23-24

23 And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly, I say to you, ^qonly with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 ^rAgain I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter ^sthe kingdom of God.”