Mark 10:22

They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!”

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be arrogant, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

He answered them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against Yahweh.” Nathan said to David, “Yahweh also has put away your sin. You will not die.

Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.

The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;

Then the king, when he heard these words, was very displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored until the going down of the sun to rescue him.

Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.

That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”

But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.

Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they don’t do them.

But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”

“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

“You shall have no other gods before me.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.”

But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”

At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.

But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;

This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me, of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

He shall not multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away. He shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

When I saw among the plunder a beautiful Babylonian robe, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the ground in the middle of my tent, with the silver under it.”

Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then, do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

Therefore Yahweh’s word will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, fall backward, be broken, be snared, and be taken.

For Yahweh says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, “Break up your fallow ground, and don’t sow among thorns.

Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to those who will possess them. For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

You have planted them. Yes, they have taken root. They grow. Yes, they produce fruit. You are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.

But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression, and for doing violence.”

In the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, the Lord Yahweh’s hand fell on me there.

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.

What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.

He warned them, saying, “Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”

He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”

But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’

A certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.

Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.

For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.

Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia; and Titus to Dalmatia.

Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.

The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths, and of his dinner guests, he didn’t wish to refuse her.

But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich.

For godly sorrow produces repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death.