New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey: Riches

New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Riches

The true riches Eph. 3:8; 1 Cor. 1:30; Col. 2:3; 1 Pet. 2:7
God gives 1 Sam. 2:7; Eccl. 5:19
To God belongs this world's riches Hag. 2:8
God gives power to obtain Dt. 8:18
The blessing of the Lord brings Pr. 10:22
Give worldly power Pr. 22:7
Described as
- Temporary Pr. 27:24
- Uncertain 1 Tim. 6:17
- Unsatisfying Eccl. 4:8, 5:10
- Corruptible Jas. 5:2; 1 Pet. 1:18
- Fleeting Pr. 23:5; Rev. 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 Mk. 10:23-25
Deceitfulness of, chokes the word Mt. 13:22
The love of, the root of all evil 1 Tim. 6:10
Often lead to
- Pride Ezek. 28:5; Hos. 12:8
- Forgetting God Dt. 8:13, 14
- Denying God Pr. 30:8, 9
- Forsaking God Dt. 32:15
- Rebelling against God Neh. 9:25, 26
- Rejecting Christ Mt. 19:22; Mk. 10:22
- Self-sufficiency Pr. 28:11
- Anxiety Eccl. 5:12
- An overbearing spirit Pr. 18:23
- Violence Mic. 6:12
- Oppression Jas. 2:6
- Fraud Jas. 5:4
- Sensual indulgence Lk. 16:19; Jas. 5:5
Life consists not in abundance of Lk. 12:15
Be not over-anxious for Pr. 30:8
Labor not for Pr. 23:4
They who covet
- Fall into temptation and a snare 1 Tim. 6:9
- Fall into hurtful lusts 1 Tim. 6:9
- Err from the faith 1 Tim. 6:10
- Use unlawful means to acquire Pr. 28:20
- Bring trouble on themselves 1 Tim. 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; 1 Pet. 1:18
Cannot deliver in the day of God's wrath Zeph. 1:18; Rev. 6:15-17
They who possess, should
- Ascribe them to God 1 Chr. 29:12
- Not trust in them Job 31:24; 1 Tim. 6:17
- Not set the heart on them Ps. 62:10
- Not boast of obtaining them Dt. 8:17
- Not glory in them Jer. 9:23
- Not hoard them up Mt. 6:19
- Devote them to God's service 1 Chr. 29:3; Mk. 12:42-44
- Give of them to the poor Mt. 19:21; 1 Jn. 3:17
- Use them in promoting the salvation of others Lk. 16:9
- Be liberal in all things 1 Tim. 6:18
- Esteem it a privilege to be allowed to give 1 Chr. 29:14
- Not to be high-minded 1 Tim. 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 days 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; Eccl. 2:26
- Keep, to their hurt Eccl. 5:13
- Boast themselves in Ps. 49:6, 52:7
- Profit not by Pr. 11:4, 13:7; Eccl. 5:11
- Have trouble with Pr. 15:6; 1 Tim. 6:9, 10
- Must leave, to others Ps. 49:10
Vanity of heaping up Ps. 39:6; Eccl. 5:10, 11
Guilt of trusting in Job 31:24, 28; Ezek. 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 Eccl. 5:13, 14; Jas. 5:3
- Trust in Pr. 11:28
- Receive their consolation Lk. 6:24
- Abuse Jas. 5:1, 5
- Spend, upon their appetite Job 20:15-17
Folly and danger of trusting to-Illustrated Lk. 12:16-21
Danger of misusing-Illustrated Lk. 16:19-25
Examples of saints possessing
- Abram Gen. 13:2
- Lot Gen. 13:5, 6
- Isaac Gen. 26:13, 14
- Jacob Gen. 32:5, 10
- Joseph Gen. 45:8, 13
- Boaz Ruth 2:1
- Barzillai 2 Sam. 19:32
- Shunammite 2 Ki. 4:8
- David 1 Chr. 29:28
- Jehoshaphat 2 Chr. 17:5
- Hezekiah 2 Chr. 32:27-29
- Job Job 1:3
- Joseph of Arimathea Mt. 27:57
- Zacchaeus Lk. 19:2
- Dorcas Acts 9:36
Examples of those truly rich Mt. 5:8, 8:10, 13:45, 46; Lk. 10:42; Jn. 1:45; Phil. 3:8; Jas. 2:5; 1 Pet. 2:7; Rev. 3:18
Examples of wicked men possessing
- Laban Gen. 30:30
- Esau Gen. 36:7
- Nabal 1 Sam. 25:2
- Haman Esther 5:11
- Ammonites Jer. 49:4
- People of Tyre Ezek. 28:5
- Young man Mt. 19:22