sSee 1 Cor. 6:9
Matthew 6:24
24 a“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and bmoney. ▼▼Greek mammon, a Semitic word for money or possessions
Matthew 13:22
22As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but dthe cares of ethe world and fthe deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.Matthew 19:22
22 gWhen the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.Luke 12:15-21
15And he said to them, h“Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” 16And he told them a parable, saying, i“The land of a rich man produced plentifully, 17and he thought to himself, j‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ 18And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my kbarns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up lfor many years; relax, meat, drink, be merry.”’ 20But God said to him, n‘Fool! oThis night pyour soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, qwhose will they be?’ 21So is the one rwho lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”Ephesians 5:5
5For you may be sure of this, that severyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous ( tthat is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.1 Timothy 6:9-10
9But uthose who desire to be rich fall into temptation, vinto a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that wplunge people into ruin and destruction. 10For the love of money is a root of xall kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
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