14 Bible Verses about Riches, Can Lead To
Most Relevant Verses
By your great wisdom, by your skills in trading you have amassed wealth for yourself and your heart has become arrogant because of your wealth."
Ephraim claims, "I have become rich, I have made a fortune! Because of all my wealth, no one will find any iniquity or sin in me.'
when your cattle and oxen multiply, when your silver and gold increase, then you will become arrogant. You'll neglect the LORD your God,
Keep deception and lies far away from me, and give me neither poverty nor wealth. Feed me with food that I need for today, so that I don't become overfed and deny you by saying, "Who is the LORD?" or so that I don't become poor and steal, and then misuse the name of my God.
Jacob dined until satisfied; Jeshurun grew fat and kicked. He grew fat, coarse, and gross, so that he abandoned the God who made him and spurned the Rock that was his salvation.
They conquered fortified cities and fertile ground, possessing houses filled with all kinds of good things, wells already dug, with vineyards, olive orchards, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were satiated, and were well nourished, delighting themselves in your great goodness. "Then they disobeyed, rebelled against you, and threw your Law behind their backs. They murdered your prophets who had admonished the people to return to you, committing terrible blasphemies.
But when the young man heard this statement he went away sad, because he had many possessions.
The rich man may be wise in his own opinion; but a discerning, poor man sees through him.
Her rich people are filled with violence, and her inhabitants tell lies their tongues speak deceitfully!
But you have humiliated the man who is poor. Are not rich people the ones who oppress you and drag you into court?
Look! The wages that you kept back from the workers who harvested your fields are shouting out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.
You have lived in luxury and pleasure on earth. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.
