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1 Timothy 6:17

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Charge: 1 Timothy 6:13, 1 Timothy 1:3, 1 Timothy 5:21

rich: Genesis 13:2; Job 1:1-3; Matthew 19:23, Matthew 27:57; Luke 19:2, Luke 19:9-10

that they: Deuteronomy 6:10-12, Deuteronomy 8:17, Deuteronomy 33:15; 2 Chronicles 26:16, 2 Chronicles 32:25-26; Psalms 10:3-4, Psalms 73:5-9; Proverbs 30:9; Jeremiah 2:31; Ezekiel 16:49-50, Ezekiel 16:56; Daniel 4:30, Daniel 5:19-23; Hosea 13:6; Habakkuk 1:15-16; Romans 11:20; James 1:9-10; Revelation 18:6-7

trust: Job 31:24-25; Psalms 52:7, Psalms 62:10; Proverbs 11:28; Jeremiah 9:23-24; Mark 10:24; Luke 12:15-21; Ephesians 5:5

uncertain riches: Gr. the uncertainty of riches, Proverbs 23:5, Proverbs 27:24; Ecclesiastes 5:13-14

but: Psalms 62:8, Psalms 84:11-12, Psalms 118:8-9; Jeremiah 17:7-8

the living: 1 Timothy 3:15, 1 Timothy 4:10; 1 Thessalonians 1:9

who: Psalms 104:28; Matthew 6:32; Acts 14:27, Acts 17:25

richly: Ecclesiastes 5:18-19; Colossians 3:16; Titus 3:6 *marg.

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