1st Timothy 6:9
For they that will be made rich, fall into temptation, and into the snare of the devil, and into many unprofitable desires and noxious, which drown men into death and perdition.This verse in the real world
In what words
- βυθίζωbythízōto sink; by implication, to drown
- βλαβερόςblaberósinjurious
- ὄλεθροςólethrosa prolonged form); ruin, i.e. death, punishment
- παγίςpagísa trap (as fastened by a noose or notch); figuratively, a trick or statagem (temptation)
- ἀνόητοςanóētosunintelligent; by implication, sensual
- ἐμπίπτωempíptōto fall on, i.e. (literally) to be entrapped by, or (figuratively) be overwhelmed with
- πλουτέωploutéōto be (or become) wealthy (literally or figuratively)
- πειρασμόςpeirasmósa putting to proof (by experiment (of good), experience (of evil), solicitation, disciplin
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Jn 2:15–17, Pro 15:27, Pro 28:20–22, 1Ti 3:7, Act 8:20, Mrk 4:19, 2Pe 2:3, Eph 4:22