28 Bible Verses about Drawbacks To Riches

And Jesus said unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, It is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.

And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

And Jesus seeing him said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day:

The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.

No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.

He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers ; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.

And their wealth shall become a spoil, and their houses a desolation: yea, they shall build houses, but shall not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but shall not drink the wine thereof.

Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.

for in an hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and every one that saileth any wither, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood afar off,

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations?

and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass: and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.

But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up riches , and knoweth not who shall gather them.

That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.

folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise; and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses; and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the waters.

Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;