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.
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13 songs meet this passage
Ain't Hard 2 Find (feat. E-40, Richie Rich, B-Legit & C-Bo) · 2Pac
strains against 1 Timothy 6:10
The love of money as driving force toward violence and ruin is precisely what this track boasts about unreflectively.
“I got the money and the power both gyratin”
squabble up · Kendrick Lamar
strains against 1 Timothy 6:9-10
The song celebrates wealth and power as markers of triumph, the opposite of Paul's warning that love of money leads to ruin.
“20 racks a table, cut from ebony”
Starboy (feat. Daft Punk) · The Weeknd
strains against 1 Timothy 6:9-10
The pursuit of riches as an end in itself is exactly the trap Paul warns plunges people into ruin.
“I'm a dangerous man with some money in my pocket”
24K Magic · Bruno Mars
strains against 1 Timothy 6:9-10
Boasting in wealth and status as identity runs counter to Scripture's caution about the love of money and self-exaltation.
“I need that black card and the code to the safe”
In My Feelings · Drake
strains against 1 Timothy 6:9-10
Wealth and access to it are treated as proof of devotion and desirability, which this passage warns is a dangerous foundation for love or identity.
SICKO MODE · Travis Scott
strains against 1 Timothy 6:9-10
The song openly prizes wealth and status as the goal of life, the very love of money Paul warns leads to ruin.
“I was quick to pay that girl like Uncle Sam”
Havana (feat. Young Thug) · Camila Cabello
strains against 1 Timothy 6:9-10
The boastful flexing of money and spending to impress stands opposite to Scripture's warning about the love of money and status.
“I'm thinkin' more a white Porsches and carats”
Girls Like You (feat. Cardi B) · Maroon 5
strains against 1 Timothy 6:9-10
Cardi's verse ties love and desirability to material wealth, the opposite posture from Paul's warning about the love of money.
“Gold teeth, Grey Goose, trippin' in the bathroom”
Royals · Lorde
resonates with 1 Timothy 6:9-10
The song's catalog of excess and vice lines up with Paul's warning that the love of money and the pursuit of luxury can lead people into ruin.
“Forget your lust for the rich man's gold”
Simple Man · Lynyrd Skynyrd
resonates with 1 Timothy 6:9-10
Warns against the love of money in nearly the same breath as this lyric's rejection of chasing wealth.
Lighters Up · Lil' Kim
strains against 1 Timothy 6:9-10
The pursuit of money through drug dealing is framed as necessity and power, which Scripture warns is a snare leading to ruin, not strength.
“Rich nigga, I could never be a broke nigga”
Fight Night · Migos
strains against 1 Timothy 6:9-10
The song's identity is built entirely on wealth as superiority, which Scripture warns is a snare leading away from faith.
Rich Flex · Drake & 21 Savage
strains against 1 Timothy 6:9-10
Love reduced to a transaction tied to money is exactly the snare Paul warns pursuing wealth can become.
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