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Nave Topical Bible
• Riches
• Rich, the
Thompson Chain Reference
• Trust in Riches
• Riches, Spiritual
• Riches, Earthly
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Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Riches Take Wings
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Riches
Dictionaries
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Riches
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Riches: Ruined by
• Riches: Danger of
• Rich: Danger of the
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Holman Bible Dictionary
• Riches
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Riches (2)
• Riches
King James Dictionary
• Riches
• Rich
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Riches and Regal Throne for Christ's Dear Sake
• Rich, Edmund, Saint
• Rich Fool, Parable of the
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Rich, Riches, Richly, Rich Man
Whyte's Bible Characters
• The Rich Man and Lazarus
Wilson's Bible Types
• Rich (and Forms)
Webster Dictionary
• Richness
• Riches
• Rich
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Barnabe Rich
• Claudius James Rich
• Davis Rich Dewey
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Riches
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Edmund St., Edmund Rich
• Rich, Claudius James
• Rich, Edmund, St.
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Rich, Edmund
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• St. Edmund Rich
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Porto-Riche, George de
Lexicons
• ܥܽܘܬ݂ܪܳܐ
• ܥܰܬ݁ܺܝܪܳܐ
• ܥܬ݂ܰܪ
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• πιότης
• πλούσιος
• πλουτέω
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• בְּרֹמִים
• גָּבוֹל גָּדוֹל, , הַגְּדוֹלִים
• גָּדַל
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• The true riches
  Ephesians 3:8; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Colossians 2:3; 1 Peter 2:7

• God gives
  1 Samuel 2:7; Ecclesiastes 5:19

• To God belongs this world's riches
  Haggai 2:8

• God gives power to obtain
  Deuteronomy 8:18

• The blessing of the Lord brings
  Proverbs 10:22

• Give worldly power
  Proverbs 22:7

• DESCRIBED AS
  • Temporary
    Proverbs 27:24
  • Uncertain
    1 Timothy 6:17
  • Unsatisfying
    Ecclesiastes 4:8; 5:10
  • Corruptible
    James 5:2; 1 Peter 1:18
  • Fleeting
    Proverbs 23:5; Revelation 18:16,17
  • Deceitful
    Matthew 13:22
  • Liable to be stolen
    Matthew 6:19
  • Perishable
    Jeremiah 48:36
  • Thick clay
    Habakkuk 2:6

• Often an obstruction to the reception of the gospel
  Mark 10:23-25

• Deceitfulness of, chokes the word
  Matthew 13:22

• The love of, the root of all evil
  1 Timothy 6:10

• OFTEN LEAD TO
  • Pride
    Ezekiel 28:5; Hosea 12:8
  • Forgetting God
    Deuteronomy 8:13,14
  • Denying God
    Proverbs 30:8,9
  • Forsaking God
    Deuteronomy 32:15
  • Rebelling against God
    Nehemiah 9:25,26
  • Rejecting Christ
    Matthew 19:22; 10:22
  • Self-sufficiency
    Proverbs 28:11
  • Anxiety
    Ecclesiastes 5:12
  • An overbearing spirit
    Proverbs 18:23
  • Violence
    Micah 6:12
  • Oppression
    James 2:6
  • Fraud
    James 5:4
  • Sensual indulgence
    Luke 16:19; James 5:5

• Life consists not in abundance of
  Luke 12:15

• Be not over-anxious for
  Proverbs 30:8

• Labour not for
  Proverbs 23:4

• THEY WHO COVET
  • Fall into temptation and a snare
    1 Timothy 6:9
  • Fall into hurtful lusts
    1 Timothy 6:9
  • Err from the faith
    1 Timothy 6:10
  • Use unlawful means to acquire
    Proverbs 28:20
  • Bring trouble on themselves
    1 Timothy 6:10
  • Bring trouble on their families
    Proverbs 15:27

• Profit not in the day of wrath
  Proverbs 11:4

• Cannot secure prosperity
  James 1:11

• Cannot redeem the soul
  Psalm 49:6-9; 1 Peter 1:18

• Cannot deliver in the day of God's wrath
  Zephaniah 1:18; Revelation 6:15-17

• THEY WHO POSSESS, SHOULD
  • Ascribe them to God
    1 Chronicles 29:12
  • Not trust in them
    Job 31:24; 1 Timothy 6:17
  • Not set the heart on them
    Psalm 62:10
  • Not boast of obtaining them
    Deuteronomy 8:17
  • Not glory in them
    Jeremiah 9:23
  • Not hoard them up
    Matthew 6:19
  • Devote them to God's service
    1 Chronicles 29:3; Mark 12:42-44
  • Give of them to the poor
    Matthew 19:21; 1 John 3:17
  • Use them in promoting the salvation of others
    Luke 16:9
  • Be liberal in all things
    1 Timothy 6:18
  • Esteem it a privilege to be allowed to give
    1 Chronicles 29:14
  • Not to be high-minded
    1 Timothy 6:17
  • When converted, rejoice in being humbled
    James 1:9,10

• Heavenly treasures superior to
  Matthew 6:19,20

• Of the wicked laid up for the just
  Proverbs 13:22

• THE WICKED
  • Often increase in
    Psalm 73:12
  • Often spend their day in
    Job 21:13
  • Swallow down
    Job 20:15
  • Trust in the abundance of
    Psalm 52:7
  • Heap up
    Job 27:16; Psalm 39:6; Ecclesiastes 2:26
  • Keep, to their hurt
    Ecclesiastes 5:13
  • Boast themselves in
    Psalm 49:6; 52:7
  • Profit not by
    Proverbs 11:4; 13:7; Ecclesiastes 5:11
  • Have trouble with
    Proverbs 15:6; 1 Timothy 6:9,10
  • Must leave, to others
    Psalm 49:10

• Vanity of heaping up
  Psalm 39:6; Ecclesiastes 5:10,11

• Guilt of trusting in
  Job 31:24,28; Ezekiel 28:4,5,8

• Guilt of rejoicing in
  Job 31:25,28

• DENUNCIATIONS AGAINST THOSE WHO
  • Get, by vanity
    Proverbs 13:11; 21:6
  • Get, unlawfully
    Jeremiah 17:11
  • Increase, by oppression
    Proverbs 22:16; Habakkuk 2:6-8; Micah 2:2,3
  • Hoard up
    Ecclesiastes 5:13,14; James 5:3
  • Trust in
    Proverbs 11:28
  • Receive their consolation
    Luke 6:24
  • Abuse
    James 5:1,5
  • Spend, upon their appetite
    Job 20:15-17
  • Folly and danger of trusting to-Illustrated
    Luke 12:16-21

• Danger of misusing-Illustrated
  Luke 16:19-25

• Examples of saints possessing
  • Abram
    Genesis 13:2
  • Lot
    Genesis 13:5,6
  • Isaac
    Genesis 26:13,14
  • Jacob
    Genesis 32:5,10
  • Joseph
    Genesis 45:8,13
  • Boaz
    Ruth 2:1
  • Barzillai
    2 Samuel 19:32
  • Shunammite
    2 Kings 4:8
  • David
    1 Chronicles 29:28
  • Jehoshaphat
    2 Chronicles 17:5
  • Hezekiah
    2 Chronicles 32:27-29
  • Job
    Job 1:3
  • Joseph of Arimathea
    Matthew 27:57
  • Zacchaeus
    Luke 19:2
  • Dorcas
    Acts 9:36

• Examples of those truly rich
  Matthew 5:8; 8:10; 13:45,46; Luke 10:42; John 1:45; Philippians 3:8; James 2:5; 1 Peter 2:7; Revelation 3:18

• Examples of wicked men possessing
  • Laban
    Genesis 30:30
  • Esau
    Genesis 36:7
  • Nabal
    1 Samuel 25:2
  • Haman
    Esther 5:11
  • Ammonites
    Jeremiah 49:4
  • People of Tyre
    Ezekiel 28:5
  • Young man
    Matthew 19:22