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1Ti 6:10 — For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the love		Gen 34:23,24; Gen 38:16; Exd 23:7,8; Deu 16:19; Deu 23:4,5,18; Jdg 17:10,11; Jdg 18:19,20,29-31; 2Sa 4:10,11; Pro 1:19; Isa 1:23; Isa 56:11; Jer 5:27; Jer 5:28; Eze 13:19; Eze 16:33; Eze 22:12; Mic 3:11; Mic 7:3,4; Mal 1:10; Mat 23:14; Act 1:16-19; Tts 1:11; Rev 18:13
coveted		1Ti 6:21; 2Ti 4:10; Jud 1:11; Rev 2:14,15
erred		or, been seduced
and pierced		Gen 29:14,26,31; etc.; 2Ki 5:27; Psa 32:10; Pro 1:31; 2Pe 2:7,8

Correlating Passages

the love

	Gen 34:23	[Shall] not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs [be] ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
	Gen 34:24	And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
	Gen 38:16	And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she [was] his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
	Exd 23:7	Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
	Exd 23:8	And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
	Deu 16:19	Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
	Deu 23:4	Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
	Deu 23:5	Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
	Deu 23:18	Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God.
	Jdg 17:10	And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten [shekels] of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
	Jdg 17:11	And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
	Jdg 18:19	And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: [is it] better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
	Jdg 18:20	And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
	Jdg 18:29	And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city [was] Laish at the first.
	Jdg 18:30	And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
	Jdg 18:31	And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
	2Sa 4:10	When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who [thought] that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
	2Sa 4:11	How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
	Pro 1:19	So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
	Isa 1:23	Thy princes [are] rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
	Isa 56:11	Yea, [they are] greedy dogs [which] can never have enough, and they [are] shepherds [that] cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
	Jer 5:27	As a cage is full of birds, so [are] their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
	Jer 5:28	They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
	Eze 13:19	And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear [your] lies?
	Eze 16:33	They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.
	Eze 22:12	In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
	Mic 3:11	The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, [Is] not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
	Mic 7:3	That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
	Mic 7:4	The best of them [is] as a brier: the most upright [is sharper] than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen [and] thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
	Mal 1:10	Who [is there] even among you that would shut the doors [for nought]? neither do ye kindle [fire] on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
	Mat 23:14	Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
	Act 1:16	Men [and] brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
	Act 1:17	For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
	Act 1:18	Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
	Act 1:19	And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
	Tts 1:11	Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
	Rev 18:13	And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.

coveted

	1Ti 6:21	Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace [be] with thee. Amen. [[[The first to Timothy was written from Laodicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia Pacatiana.]]]
	2Ti 4:10	For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
	Jud 1:11	Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
	Rev 2:14	But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
	Rev 2:15	So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.

and pierced

	Gen 29:14	And Laban said to him, Surely thou [art] my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
	Gen 29:26	And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
	Gen 29:31	And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel [was] barren.
	2Ki 5:27	The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper [as white] as snow.
	Psa 32:10	Many sorrows [shall be] to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
	Pro 1:31	Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
	2Pe 2:7	And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
	2Pe 2:8	(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed [his] righteous soul from day to day with [their] unlawful deeds;)

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Timothy 6:10," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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