Riches; Or, a Knife for the Canker
Luke 6:24
But woe to you that are rich! for you have received your consolation.


To the love of money we trace the melancholy apostasy of Demas, the awful perfidity of Judas, the fatal lie of Ananias and Sapphira — all, and some of them distinguished, professors of religion. Be on your guard. Watch and pray. Their history is written for our instruction. Nor need any of His people who allow the love of money to entwine itself around their hearts, expect that in saving them God will do otherwise than the woodman, who, seeking to save a tree, applies his knife to the canker thai eats into its heart, or the ivy that has climbed its trunk and is choking it in its close embraces.

(T. Guthrie, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.

WEB: "But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.




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