Matthew 13:22

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

Matthew 24:38-39

38 dFor as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, emarrying and giving in marriage, until fthe day when Noah entered the ark, 39and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, gso will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Luke 14:18-20

18But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.’ 19And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.’ 20And another said, h‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’

Luke 17:26-32

26 iJust as it was in the days of jNoah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 kThey were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28Likewise, just as it was in the days of lLot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, 29 mbut on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all 30so will it be non the day when the Son of Man is revealed. 31On that day, olet the one who is on pthe housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away, and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back. 32 qRemember Lot’s wife.

Romans 8:6

6For to set rthe mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

9But sthose who desire to be rich fall into temptation, tinto a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that uplunge people into ruin and destruction. 10For the love of money is a root of vall kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

2 Timothy 3:4

4treacherous, reckless, wswollen with conceit, xlovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
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