Playing the Lottery
6 passages
- Proverbs 13:11
Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
Read it in context - Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
Read it in context - 1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
Read it in context - Matthew 6:24
No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Read it in context - Proverbs 19:17
Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
Read it in context - 1 Timothy 6:17–19
17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy. 18Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share, 19treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
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