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achievements and possessions

1 John 2:16 NLT

For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.

enough money to live well

1 John 3:17 NLT

If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion—how can God’s love be in that person?

everything

Luke 21:4 NLT

For they have given a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she has.”

life

2 Timothy 2:4 NLT

Soldiers don’t get tied up in the affairs of civilian life, for then they cannot please the officer who enlisted them.

live on

Mark 12:44 NLT

For they gave a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she had to live on.”

lives

1 Timothy 2:2 NLT

Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity.

money

Luke 15:30 NLT

Yet when this son of yours comes back after squandering your money on prostitutes, you celebrate by killing the fattened calf!’

this … life

Luke 8:14 NLT

The seeds that fell among the thorns represent those who hear the message, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the cares and riches and pleasures of this life. And so they never grow into maturity.

wealth

Luke 15:12 NLT

The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons.