The true riches  Eph 3:8; 1Co 1:30; Col 2:3; 1Pe 2:7.
God gives  1Sa 2:7; Ec 5:19.
To God belongs this world’s riches  Hag 2:8.
God gives power to obtain  De 8:18.
The blessing of the Lord brings  Pr 10:22.
Give worldly power  Pr 22:7.
Described as
Temporary.  Pr 27:24.
Uncertain.  1Ti 6:17.
Unsatisfying.  Ec 4:8; 5:10.
Corruptible.  Jas 5:2; 1Pe 1:18.
Fleeting.  Pr 23:5; Re 18:16,17.
Deceitful.  Mt 13:22.
Liable to be stolen.  Mt 6:19.
Perishable.  Jer 48:36.
Thick clay.  Hab 2:6.

Often an obstruction to the reception of the gospel  Mr 10:23-25.
Deceitfulness of, chokes the word  Mt 13:22.
The love of, the root of all evil  1Ti 6:10.
Often lead to
Pride.  Eze 28:5; Ho 12:8.
Forgetting God.  De 8:13,14.
Denying God.  Pr 30:8,9.
Forsaking God.  De 32:15.
Rebelling against God.  Ne 9:25,26.
Rejecting Christ.  Mt 19:22; 10:22.
Self-sufficiency.  Pr 28:11.
Anxiety.  Ec 5:12.
An overbearing spirit.  Pr 18:23.
Violence.  Mic 6:12.
Oppression.  Jas 2:6.
Fraud.  Jas 5:4.
Sensual indulgence.  Lu 16:19; Jas 5:5.

Life consists not in abundance of  Lu 12:15.
Be not over-anxious for  Pr 30:8.
Labour not for  Pr 23:4.
They who covet
Fall into temptation and a snare.  1Ti 6:9.
Fall into hurtful lusts.  1Ti 6:9.
Err from the faith.  1Ti 6:10.
Use unlawful means to acquire.  Pr 28:20.
Bring trouble on themselves.  1Ti 6:10.
Bring trouble on their families.  Pr 15:27.

Profit not in the day of wrath  Pr 11:4.
Cannot secure prosperity  Jas 1:11.
Cannot redeem the soul  Ps 49:6-9; 1Pe 1:18.
Cannot deliver in the day of God’s wrath  Zep 1:18; Re 6:15-17.
They who possess, should
Ascribe them to God.  1Ch 29:12.
Not trust in them.  Job 31:24; 1Ti 6:17.
Not set the heart on them.  Ps 62:10.
Not boast of obtaining them.  De 8:17.
Not glory in them.  Jer 9:23.
Not hoard them up.  Mt 6:19.
Devote them to God’s service.  1Ch 29:3; Mr 12:42-44.
Give of them to the poor.  Mt 19:21; 1Jo 3:17.
Use them in promoting the salvation of others.  Lu 16:9.
Be liberal in all things.  1Ti 6:18.
Esteem it a privilege to be allowed to give.  1Ch 29:14.
Not to be high-minded.  1Ti 6:17.
When converted, rejoice in being humbled.  Jas 1:9,10.

Heavenly treasures superior to  Mt 6:19,20.
Of the wicked laid up for the just  Pr 13:22.
The wicked
Often increase in.  Ps 73:12.
Often spend their day in.  Job 21:13.
Swallow down.  Job 20:15.
Trust in the abundance of.  Ps 52:7.
Heap up.  Job 27:16; Ps 39:6; Ec 2:26.
Keep, to their hurt.  Ec 5:13.
Boast themselves in.  Ps 49:6; 52:7.
Profit not by.  Pr 11:4; 13:7; Ec 5:11.
Have trouble with.  Pr 15:6; 1Ti 6:9,10.
Must leave, to others.  Ps 49:10.

Vanity of heaping up  Ps 39:6; Ec 5:10,11.
Guilt of trusting in  Job 31:24,28; Eze 28:4,5,8.
Guilt of rejoicing in  Job 31:25,28.
Denunciations against those who
Get, by vanity.  Pr 13:11; 21:6.
Get, unlawfully.  Jer 17:11.
Increase, by oppression.  Pr 22:16; Hab 2:6-8; Mic 2:2,3.
Hoard up.  Ec 5:13,14; Jas 5:3.
Trust in.  Pr 11:28.
Receive their consolation.  Lu 6:24.
Abuse.  Jas 5:1,5.
Spend, upon their appetite.  Job 20:15-17.
Folly and danger of trusting to-Illustrated.  Lu 12:16-21.

Danger of misusing-Illustrated  Lu 16:19-25.
Examples of saints possessing
Abram.  Ge 13:2.
Lot.  Ge 13:5,6.
Isaac.  Ge 26:13,14.
Jacob.  Ge 32:5,10.
Joseph.  Ge 45:8,13.
Boaz.  Ru 2:1.
Barzillai.  2Sa 19:32.
Shunammite.  2Ki 4:8.
David.  1Ch 29:28.
Jehoshaphat.  2Ch 17:5.
Hezekiah.  2Ch 32:27-29.
Job.  Job 1:3.
Joseph of Arimathea.  Mt 27:57.
Zacchaeus.  Lu 19:2.
Dorcas.  Ac 9:36.

Examples of those truly rich  Mt 5:8; 8:10; 13:45,46; Lu 10:42; Joh 1:45; Php 3:8; Jas 2:5; 1Pe 2:7; Re 3:18.
Examples of wicked men possessing
Laban.  Ge 30:30.
Esau.  Ge 36:7.
Nabal.  1Sa 25:2.
Haman.  Es 5:11.
Ammonites.  Jer 49:4.
People of Tyre.  Eze 28:5.
Young man.  Mt 19:22.

Is obedience to God’s law  De 6:25; Ro 10:5; Lu 1:6; Ps 1:2.
God loves  Ps 11:7.
God looks for  Isa 5:7.
Christ
Is the Son of.  Mal 4:2.
Loves.  Ps 45:7; Heb 1:9.
Was girt with.  Isa 11:5.
Put on, as breast-plate.  Isa 59:17.
Was sustained by.  Isa 59:16.
Preached.  Ps 40:9.
Fulfilled all.  Mt 3:15.
Is made to his people.  1Co 1:30.
Is the end of the law for.  Ro 10:4.
Has brought in everlasting.  Da 9:24.
Shall judge with.  Ps 72:2; Isa 11:4; Ac 17:31; Re 19:11.
Shall reign in.  Ps 45:6; Isa 32:1; Heb 1:8.
Shall execute.  Ps 99:4; Jer 23:6.

None, by nature have  Job 15:14; Ps 14:3; Ro 3:10.
Cannot come by the law  Ga 2:21; 3:21.
No justification by works of  Ro 3:20; 9:31,32; Ga 2:16.
No salvation by works of  Eph 2:8,9; 2Ti 1:9; Tit 3:5.
Unregenerate man seeks justification by works of  Lu 18:9; Ro 10:3.
The blessing of God is not to be attributed to our works of  De 9:5.
Saints
Have, in Christ.  Isa 45:24; 54:17; 2Co 5:21.
Have, imputed.  Ro 4:11,22.
Are covered with the robe of.  Isa 61:10.
Receive, from God.  Ps 24:5.
Are renewed in.  Eph 4:24.
Are led in the paths of.  Ps 23:3.
Are servants of.  Ro 6:16,18.
Characterised by.  Ge 18:25; Ps 1:5,6.
Know.  Isa 51:7.
Do.  1Jo 2:29; 3:7.
Work, by faith.  Heb 11:33.
Follow after.  Isa 51:1.
Put on.  Job 29:14.
Wait for the hope of.  Ga 5:5.
Pray for the spirit of.  Ps 51:10.
Hunger and thirst after.  Mt 5:6.
Walk before God in.  1Ki 3:6.
Offer the sacrifice of.  Ps 4:5; 51:19.
Put no trust in their own.  Php 3:6-8.
Count their own, as filthy rags.  Isa 64:6.
Should seek.  Zep 2:3.
Should live in.  Tit 2:12; 1Pe 2:24.
Should serve God in.  Lu 1:75.
Should yield their members as instruments of.  Ro 6:13.
Should yield their members servants to.  Ro 6:19.
Should have on the breast-plate of.  Eph 6:14.

Shall receive a crown of  2Ti 4:8.
Shall see God’s face in  Ps 17:15.
Of saints endures forever  Ps 112:3,9; 2Co 9:9.
An evidence of the new birth  1Jo 2:29.
The kingdom of God is  Ro 14:17.
The fruit of the Spirit is in all  Eph 5:9.
The Scriptures instruct in  2Ti 3:16.
Judgments designed to lead to  Isa 26:9.
Chastisements yield the fruit of  Heb 12:11.
Has no fellowship with unrighteousness  2Co 6:14.
Ministers should
Be preachers of.  2Pe 2:5.
Reason of.  Ac 24:25.
Follow after.  1Ti 6:11; 2Ti 2:22.
Be clothed with.  Ps 132:9.
Be armed with.  2Co 6:7.
Pray for the fruit of, in their people.  2Co 9:10; Php 1:11.

Keep saints in the right way  Pr 11:5; 13:6.
Judgment should be executed in  Le 19:15.
They who walk in, and follow
Are righteous.  1Jo 3:7.
Are the excellent of the earth.  Ps 16:3; Pr 12:26.
Are accepted with God.  Ac 10:35.
Are loved by God.  Ps 146:8; Pr 15:9.
Are blessed by God.  Ps 5:12.
Are heard by God.  Lu 18:7; Jas 5:16.
Are objects of God’s watchful care.  Job 36:7; Ps 34:15; Pr 10:3; 1Pe 3:12.
Are tried by God.  Ps 11:5.
Are exalted by God.  Job 36:7.
Dwell in security.  Isa 33:15,16.
Are bold as a lion.  Pr 28:1.
Are delivered out of all troubles.  Ps 34:19; Pr 11:8.
Are never forsaken by God.  Ps 37:25.
Are abundantly provided for.  Pr 13:25; Mt 6:25-33.
Are enriched.  Ps 112:3; Pr 15:6.
Think and desire good.  Pr 11:23; 12:5.
Know the secret of the Lord.  Ps 25:14; Pr 3:32.
Have their prayers heard.  Ps 34:17; Pr 15:29; 1Pe 3:12.
Have their desires granted.  Pr 10:24.
Find it with life and honour.  Pr 21:21.
Shall hold on their way.  Job 17:9.
Shall never be moved.  Ps 15:2,5; 55:22; Pr 10:30; 12:3.
Shall be ever remembered.  Ps 112:6.
Shall flourish as a branch.  Pr 11:28.

Shall be glad in the Lord  Ps 64:10.
Brings its own reward  Pr 11:18; Isa 3:10.
Tends to life  Pr 11:19; 12:28.
The work of, shall be peace  Isa 32:17.
The effect of, shall be quietness and assurance for ever  Isa 32:17.
Is a crown of glory to the aged  Pr 16:31.
The wicked
Are far from.  Ps 119:150; Isa 46:12.
Are free from.  Ro 6:20.
Are enemies of.  Ac 13:10.
Leave off.  Am 5:7; Ps 36:3.
Follow not after.  Ro 9:30.
Do not.  1Jo 3:10.
Do not obey.  Ro 2:8; 2Th 2:12.
Love lying rather than.  Ps 52:3.
Make mention of God, not it.  Isa 48:1.
Though favoured, will not learn.  Isa 26:10; Ps 106:43.
Speak contemptuously against those who follow.  Ps 31:18; Mt 27:39-44.
Hate those who follow.  Ps 34:21.
Slay those who follow.  Ps 37:32; 1Jo 3:12; Mt 23:35.
Should break off their sins by.  Da 4:27.
Should awake to.  1Co 15:34.
Should sow to themselves in.  Ho 10:12.
Vainly wish to die as those who follow.  Nu 23:10.

The throne of kings established by  Pr 16:12; 25:5.
Nations exalted by  Pr 14:34.
Blessedness of
Having imputed, without works.  Ro 4:6.
Doing.  Ps 106:3.
Hungering and thirsting after.  Mt 5:6.
Suffering for.  1Pe 3:14.
Being persecuted for.  Mt 5:10.
Turning others to.  Da 12:3.

Promised to the Church  Isa 32:16; 45:8; 61:11; 62:1.
Promised to saints  Isa 60:21; 61:3.
Exemplified
Jacob.  Ge 30:33.
David.  2Sa 22:21.
Zacharias.  Lu 1:6.
Abel.  Heb 11:4.
Lot.  2Pe 2:8.

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