Matthew 19:24
And again I say to you, It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of God.
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Matthew 19:24
And again I say to you, It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of God.
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Genesis 12:16
And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels.
Genesis 30:43
So Jacob's wealth was greatly increased; he had great flocks and women-servants and men-servants and camels and asses.
Leviticus 11:4
But, at the same time, of those beasts, you may not take for food the camel, because its food comes back but the horn of its foot is not parted in two; it is unclean to you.
Judges 6:5
For they came up regularly with their oxen and their tents; they came like the locusts in number; they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land for its destruction.
1 Samuel 30:17
And David went on fighting them from evening till the evening of the day after; and not one of them got away but only four hundred young men who went in flight on camels.
1 Chronicles 5:21
And they took away their cattle: fifty thousand camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand men.
Job 1:3
And of cattle he had seven thousand sheep and goats, and three thousand camels, and a thousand oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great number of servants. And the man was greater than any of the sons of the east.
Psalms 112:3
A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.
Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.
Proverbs 22:4
The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.
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Numbers 11:11
And Moses said to the Lord, Why have you done me this evil? and why have I not grace in your eyes, that you have put on me the care of all this people?
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1 Kings 19:19
So he went away from there and came across Elisha, the son of Shaphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen, he himself walking with the twelfth; and Elijah went up to him and put his robe on him.
1 Kings 19:20
And letting the oxen be where they were, he came running after Elijah, and said, Only let me give a kiss to my father and mother, and then I will come after you. But he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?
1 Kings 19:21
And he went back, and took the oxen and put them to death, and cooking their flesh with the yokes of the oxen, he gave the people a feast. Then he got up and went after Elijah and became his servant.
Luke 5:11
And when they had got their boats to the land, they gave up everything and went after him.
Luke 5:28
And giving up his business, he got up and went after him.
Luke 9:59
And he said to another, Come after me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.
Luke 9:60
But he said to him, Let the dead take care of their dead; it is for you to go and give news of the kingdom of God.
Luke 9:61
And another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but first let me say a last good-day to those who are at my house.
Luke 9:62
But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.
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Psalms 51:5
Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.
Psalms 131:2
See, I have made my soul calm and quiet, like a child on its mother's breast; my soul is like a child on its mother's breast.
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?
Mark 10:15
Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.
John 3:3
Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.
John 3:6
That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.
John 3:7
Do not be surprised that I say to you, It is necessary for you to have a second birth.
John 5:44
How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?
Romans 7:23
But I see another law in my body, working against the law of my mind, and making me the servant of the law of sin which is in my flesh.
Romans 7:24
How unhappy am I! who will make me free from the body of this death?
Romans 8:8
So that those who are in the flesh are not able to give pleasure to God.
Ephesians 2:1
And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins,
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Proverbs 26:14
A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed.
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Psalms 81:12
So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes.
Proverbs 2:19
Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:
Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.
Hosea 4:14
I will not give punishment to your daughters or your brides for their evil behaviour; for they make themselves separate with loose women, and make offerings with those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: the people who have no wisdom will be sent away.
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Proverbs 27:22
Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.
Isaiah 1:5
Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble.
Jeremiah 2:30
I gave your children blows to no purpose; they got no good from training: your sword has been the destruction of your prophets, like a death-giving lion.
Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled; you have sent destruction on them, but they did not take your teaching to heart: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they would not come back.
Jeremiah 6:29
The blower is blowing strongly, the lead is burned away in the fire: they go on heating the metal to no purpose, for the evil-doers are not taken away.
Jeremiah 6:30
They will be named waste silver, because the Lord has given them up.
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Isaiah 48:1
Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.
Isaiah 48:2
For they say that they are of the holy town, and put their faith in the God of Israel: the Lord of armies is his name.
Matthew 25:11
After that the other virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, let us in.
Matthew 25:12
But he made answer and said, Truly I say to you, I have no knowledge of you.
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Hosea 8:12
Though I put my law in writing for him in ten thousand rules, they are to him as a strange thing.
John 6:60
Then, hearing this, a number of his disciples said, This is a hard saying; who is able to take in such teaching?
John 7:35
So the Jews said among themselves, To what place is he going where we will not see him? will he go to the Jews living among the Greeks and become the teacher of the Greeks?
John 7:36
What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?
Acts 17:20
For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them.
1 Corinthians 1:18
For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:23
But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;
1 Corinthians 2:14
For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.
Hebrews 5:11
Of whom we have much to say which it is hard to make clear, because you are slow of hearing.
1 Peter 4:4
And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:
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Amos 7:10
Then Amaziah, the priest of Beth-el, sent to Jeroboam, king of Israel, saying, Amos has made designs against you among the people of Israel: the land is troubled by his words.
John 21:25
And Jesus did such a number of other things that, if every one was recorded, it is my opinion that even the world itself is not great enough for the books there would be.
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Matthew 2:15
And was there till the death of Herod; so that the word of the Lord through the prophet might come true, Out of Egypt have I sent for my son.
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Matthew 7:3
And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?
Matthew 7:5
You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.
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Matthew 7:13
Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open is the way which goes to destruction, and great numbers go in by it.
Matthew 7:14
For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.
Matthew 19:28
And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you that in the time when all things are made new, and the Son of man is seated in his glory, you who have come after me will be seated on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Matthew 20:23
They say to him, We are able. He says to them, Truly, you will take of my cup: but to be seated at my right hand and at my left is not for me to give, but it is for those for whom my Father has made it ready.
Matthew 23:13
But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.
Matthew 25:21
His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.
Hebrews 4:6
So that as it is clear that some have to go in, and that the first hearers of the good news were not able to go in because they went against God's orders,
Hebrews 4:11
Because of this, let us have a strong desire to come into that rest, and let no one go after the example of those who went against God's orders.
Hebrews 6:4
As for those who at one time saw the light, tasting the good things from heaven, and having their part in the Holy Spirit,
2 Peter 1:11
For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Revelation 1:6
And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to his God and Father; to him let glory and power be given for ever and ever. So be it.
Revelation 21:27
And nothing unclean may come into it, or anyone whose works are cursed or false; but only those whose names are in the Lamb's book of life.
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Matthew 17:24
And when they had come to Capernaum, those who took the Temple tax came to Peter and said, Does not your master make payment of the Temple tax?
Matthew 18:9
And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out, and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into the hell of fire.
Matthew 19:17
And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law.
Matthew 20:24
And when it came to the ears of the ten, they were angry with the two brothers.
Mark 10:27
Jesus, looking on them, said, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.
Mark 15:43
There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus.
Acts 20:25
And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.
Acts 28:31
Preaching the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ without fear, and no orders were given that he was not to do so.
Colossians 1:13
Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;
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Proverbs 18:11
The property of a man of wealth is his strong town, and it is as a high wall in the thoughts of his heart.
Jeremiah 45:5
And as for you, are you looking for great things for yourself? Have no desire for them: for truly I will send evil on all flesh, says the Lord: but your life I will keep safe from attack wherever you go.
Matthew 19:21
Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.
Luke 6:20
And turning his eyes to his disciples he said, Happy are you who are poor: for the kingdom of God is yours.
Luke 16:14
And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.
1 Corinthians 1:26
For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:
James 1:10
But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.
James 2:5
Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?
James 4:4
O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.
James 5:1
Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.
James 5:2
Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing.
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Matthew 15:2
Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.
Matthew 15:3
And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?
Matthew 15:4
For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.
Matthew 15:5
But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;
Matthew 15:6
There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.
Matthew 27:6
And the chief priests took the silver and said, It is not right to put it in the Temple store for it is the price of blood.
Matthew 27:7
And they made a decision to get with the silver the potter's field, as a place for the dead of other countries.
Matthew 27:8
For this cause that field was named, The field of blood, to this day.
Luke 6:7
And the scribes and Pharisees were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to say something against him.
Luke 6:8
But he had knowledge of their thoughts; and he said to the man whose hand was dead, Get up and come into the middle. And he got up and came forward.
Luke 6:9
And Jesus said, I put the question to you, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to take it away?
Luke 6:10
And looking round on all of them, he said to him, Put out your hand. And he did so: and his hand was made well.
John 18:28
So they took Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the Praetorium. It was early. They themselves did not go into the Praetorium, so that they might not become unclean, but might take the Passover.
John 18:40
Then again they gave a loud cry, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was an outlaw.
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Deuteronomy 17:17
And he is not to have a great number of wives, for fear that his heart may be turned away; or great wealth of silver and gold.
1 Kings 10:21
And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.
Psalms 73:12
Truly, such are the sinners; they do well at all times, and their wealth is increased.
Proverbs 11:28
He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.
Proverbs 13:7
A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.
Proverbs 30:8
Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food:
Proverbs 30:9
For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.
Matthew 6:20
But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:
Luke 12:15
And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.
Luke 12:21
So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.
2 Thessalonians 2:3
Give no belief to false words: because there will first be a falling away from the faith, and the revelation of the man of sin, the son of destruction,
1 Timothy 6:9
But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.
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