1 Timothy 6:17

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

Cross References (50)

  • Proverbs 11:28 (17)

    He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.

  • Acts 14:17 (14)

    Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filli

  • Matthew 19:23 (11)

    Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

  • 1 Timothy 4:10 (10)

    To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and espe

  • Proverbs 27:24 (10)

    for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.

  • James 1:9–10 (10)

    The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.

  • Jeremiah 9:23–24 (8)

    This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealt

  • Jeremiah 17:7–8 (7)

    But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.

  • Proverbs 30:9 (7)

    Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the na

  • Proverbs 23:5 (6)

    When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

  • Psalms 84:11–12 (6)

    For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk w

  • Titus 2:12 (6)

    It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the pres

  • Deuteronomy 8:17 (6)

    You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”

  • Romans 11:20 (5)

    That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.

  • Colossians 3:16 (5)

    Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing ps

  • Daniel 5:19–23 (5)

    Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. H

  • Ecclesiastes 5:18–19 (5)

    Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does un

  • Psalms 104:28 (5)

    When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:13–14 (4)

    There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

  • Psalms 10:3–4 (4)

    For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

  • Luke 12:15–21 (4)

    And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the ab

  • 1 Thessalonians 1:9 (4)

    For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living an

  • Ezekiel 16:56 (4)

    Did you not treat your sister Sodom as an object of scorn in the day of your pride,

  • Acts 17:25 (4)

    Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everyth

  • Luke 19:2 (4)

    And there was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy.

  • Psalms 62:10 (4)

    Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

  • Ephesians 5:5 (4)

    For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the king

  • Titus 3:6 (4)

    This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

  • Job 1:1–3 (4)

    There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning e

  • 2 Chronicles 26:16 (4)

    But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he

  • Hosea 13:6 (4)

    When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they

  • 1 Timothy 1:3 (4)

    As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false do

  • 2 Chronicles 32:25–26 (4)

    But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon J

  • Job 31:24–25 (4)

    If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,

  • Genesis 13:2 (4)

    And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.

  • Psalms 118:8–9 (4)

    It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.

  • Psalms 52:7 (4)

    “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by

  • Psalms 73:5–9 (3)

    They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.

  • Mark 10:24 (3)

    And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom

  • Revelation 18:6–7 (3)

    Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her o

  • 1 Timothy 3:15 (3)

    in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of

  • Deuteronomy 33:15 (3)

    with the best of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills,

  • Jeremiah 2:31 (3)

    You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense dar

  • Deuteronomy 6:10–12 (2)

    And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He woul

  • Luke 19:9–10 (2)

    Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.

  • Habakkuk 1:15–16 (2)

    The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rej

  • Ezekiel 16:49–50 (2)

    Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did n

  • Daniel 4:30 (2)

    the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my po

  • Acts 14:27 (2)

    When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had ope

  • 2 Timothy 4:10 (2)

    because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Ti