41 Bible Verses about Riches

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Isaiah 45:3

And I gave to thee the treasures of darkness, and the hidden stores of lurking places, so that thou shalt know that I Jehovah calling by, thy name am the God of Israel.

Ecclesiastes 5:19

Also every man which God gave to him wealth and riches, and permitted him to eat from it, and to lift up his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this the gift of God himself.

Isaiah 61:6

And ye shall be called the priests of Jehovah, serving our God; he shall say to you, Ye shall eat the strength of the nations, and ye shall take place in their honor.

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus said Jehovah, The wise shall not boast in his wisdom, and the strong shall not boast in his strength; the rich shall not boast in his riches:

Psalm 49:16

Thou shalt not fear when a man shall be enriched, and when the honor of his house shall be increased;

2 Chronicles 1:12

Wisdom and knowledge are given to thee; and riches and treasures and honor will I give to thee which was not thus to the kings that were before thee; and after thee it shell not be thus.

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Cities » Illustrative of » Riches

Protection » Not to be found in » Riches

Riches » The true riches

Riches » The wicked » Profit not by

Proverbs 13:7

There is he making himself rich, and not anything: making himself poor, and much wealth.

Ecclesiastes 5:11

In the multitude of good they were multiplied eating it: and what the success to its possessors but seeing with his eyes?

Riches » Denunciations against those who » Increase, by oppression

Micah 2:2-3

And they desired fields, and they took by force; and houses, and they took away: and they oppressed a man and his house, and a man and his inheritance. For this, thus said Jehovah: Behold me purposing evil against this family, which ye shall not remove your necks from thence; and ye shall not go loftily: for it is an evil time.

Habakkuk 2:6-8

Shall not these all of them lift up a parable against him, and an enigma of an oracle against him, and it shall be said, Wo! to him multiplying that not to him. how long making heavy upon him goods taken in pledge? Shall they not rise up suddenly, biting thee? and they disquieting thee shall rise up, and thou wert for plunder to them. For thou didst spoil many nations, all the rest of the peoples shall spoil thee; from the bloods of man, and the violence of the land, of the city, and all dwelling in it.

Riches » Examples of those truly rich

Matthew 8:10

And Jesus having heard, admired, and said to those following; Verily I say to you, not in Israel have I found such faith.

Matthew 13:45-46

Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to a man, a wholesale merchant, seeking beautiful pearls: Who, finding one pearl of great value, having departed, he sold all things which he had, and purchased it.

Riches » The wicked » Heap up

Psalm 39:6

Surely in a shadow a man will go about: surely they will be disquieted in vain: he will store up, and he knew not who shall gather them.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to a man good before his face, he gave wisdom and knowledge and gladness: and to him sinning, he gave labor, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good one before the face of God. Also this is vanity and the striving of the spirit.

Job 27:16

If he shall heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as clay;

Riches » Described as » Unsatisfying

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one, and not a second; also a son and brother not to him: and no end to all his labor; also his eye shall not be satisfied with riches: and for whom do I labor and diminish my soul from good? Also this is vanity, and it is an evil labor.

Riches » Described as » Fleeting

Revelation 18:16-17

And saying, Woe, woe, the great city, surrounded with fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! for in one hour was so great riches laid waste. And every pilot, and all the crowd upon ships, and the sailors, and as many as work the sea, stood from far off,

Riches » Cannot deliver in the day of God's wrath

Zephaniah 1:18

Also their silver also their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah; and all the land shall be consumed by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make a completion even sudden of all dwelling in the land.

Revelation 6:15-17

And the kings of the earth, and the great, and the rich, and the captains of thousands, and the powerful, and every servant, and every one free, hid themselves in caves and in rocks of the mountains; And they say to the mountains and rocks, Fall upon us, and hide us from the face of him sitting upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath has come; and who can stand?

Riches » They who possess, should » Devote them to God's service

1 Chronicles 29:3

And yet in my delighting in the house of my God, there is to me property of gold and silver I gave to the house of my God, to above from all I prepared for the holy house,

Mark 12:42-44

And one poor widow, having come, cast in two small coins, which is a farthing. And having called his disciples, he says to them, Truly I say to you, That this poor widow has cast into the royal treasury, more than all they casting into the treasury: For all they cast in out of the abundance to them; and she, out of her want, cast in all things which she had, her whole living.

Riches » Vanity of heaping up

Psalm 39:6

Surely in a shadow a man will go about: surely they will be disquieted in vain: he will store up, and he knew not who shall gather them.

Ecclesiastes 5:10-11

He loving silver shall not be satisfied with silver; and whoever loved not the increase with the multitude. Also this is vanity. In the multitude of good they were multiplied eating it: and what the success to its possessors but seeing with his eyes?

Riches » The wicked » Have trouble with

1 Timothy 6:9-10

And they wishing to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many eager desires, unwise and hurtful, which sink men into ruin and perdition. For the root of all evils is the love of money: which some striving for, have been led astray from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many pains.

Riches » God gives

Ecclesiastes 5:19

Also every man which God gave to him wealth and riches, and permitted him to eat from it, and to lift up his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this the gift of God himself.

Riches » Denunciations against those who » Get, by vanity

Riches » Often lead to » Rejecting Christ

Riches » Examples of saints possessing » Joseph

Genesis 45:8

And now not you sent me here, but God: and he placed me for a father to Pharaoh, and for lord to all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 45:13

And ye announced to my father all my glory in Egypt, and all which ye have seen: and haste ye, and bring ye down my father here.

Riches » Examples of saints possessing » jacob

Genesis 32:5

And there will be to me ox and ass, sheep and servant, and maid; and I shall send to announce to my lord to find grace in thine eyes.

Genesis 32:10

I was little from all the kindness and from all the truth which thou didst to thy servant; for with my rod I passed over this Jordan, and now I became into two camps.

Riches » They who possess, should » Give of them to the poor

Riches » Cannot redeem the soul

Psalm 49:6-9

They trusting upon their wealth, and they will glory in the multitude of their riches. A man redeeming shall not redeem the brother, he shall not give to God his ransom: (And the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceased forever:) read more.
And he shall yet live forever, he shall not see destruction.

Riches » They who possess, should » Not trust in them

Riches » Often lead to » Pride

Ezekiel 28:5

By the multitude of thy wisdom, by thy traffic thou didst multiply thy wealth, and thine heart will be lifted up in thy wealth.

Riches » Described as » Corruptible

Riches » The wicked » Boast themselves in

Psalm 49:6

They trusting upon their wealth, and they will glory in the multitude of their riches.

Riches » Examples of saints possessing » hezekiah

2 Chronicles 32:27-29

And there will be to Hezekiah riches and honor exceedingly much: and he made to him treasuries for silver and for gold, and for precious stone, and for spices and for shields, and for all vessels of desire: And stores for produce of grain and new wine, and new oil, and stalls for all cattle, and cattle and flocks for the stalls. And he made cities to him and possession of flocks and oxen for abundance: for God gave to him exceeding much substance.

Riches » Often lead to » Sensual indulgence

James 5:5

Ye have led a luxurious life upon the earth, and have rioted in luxury; ye have nourished your hearts, as in the day of slaughter.

Riches » Denunciations against those who » Hoard up

Ecclesiastes 5:13-14

There is an evil making sick I saw under the sun: riches watched to its owners for their evil. And those riches shall perish by evil labor: and he begetting a son, and not anything in his hand.

Riches » Denunciations against those who » Abuse

James 5:5

Ye have led a luxurious life upon the earth, and have rioted in luxury; ye have nourished your hearts, as in the day of slaughter.

Riches » Guilt of rejoicing in

Job 31:28

Also this an iniquity for the judges: for I lied to God from above.

Job 31:25

If I shall rejoice because of the Multitude of my riches, and because my hand found much;

Riches » Guilt of trusting in

Job 31:28

Also this an iniquity for the judges: for I lied to God from above.

Riches » Often lead to » Forgetting God

Deuteronomy 8:13-14

And thy cattle and thy sheep shall multiply, and thy silver and thy gold shall multiply to thee, and all which is in thee shall multiply; And thy heart was lifted up and thou didst forget Jehovah thy God bringing thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants;

Riches » Examples of saints possessing » David

1 Chronicles 29:28

And he will die in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son will reign in his stead.

Riches » They who possess, should » Esteem it a privilege to be allowed to give

1 Chronicles 29:14

And because who am I? and who my people, that we shall retain power to show ourselves willing according to this? for from thee all things, and from thy hand they gave to thee.

Riches » They who possess, should » Ascribe them to God

Riches » Examples of saints possessing » Jehoshaphat

2 Chronicles 17:5

And Jehovah will prepare the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah will give a gift to Jehoshaphat, and riches will be to him and honor for multitude.

Riches » Often lead to » Anxiety

Ecclesiastes 5:12

The sleep of the servant is sweet, if little, or if much he shall eat: and the satiety to the rich not permitting to him to sleep.

Riches » Often lead to » Forsaking God

Deuteronomy 32:15

And Jeshurun will be fat and will tread down: Thou wert fat, thou wert thick, thou wert covered; And he will reject God having made him, And he will despise the Rock of his deliverance.

Riches » The wicked » Keep, to their hurt

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is an evil making sick I saw under the sun: riches watched to its owners for their evil.

Riches » Examples of saints possessing » isaac

Genesis 26:13-14

And the man will become great, and went going, and he became great, until that he became very great And there will be to him possession of flocks, and possession of oxen, and service of many; and the Philistines will envy him.

Riches » They who possess, should » Not boast of obtaining them

Riches » Often lead to » Rebelling against God

Nehemiah 9:25-26

And they will take inaccessible cities, and a fat land, and they will inherit houses full of all good, and wells hewed out, vineyards and olive trees, and the tree of food for abundance: and they will eat and be filled, and be fat, and will live delicately in thy great goodness. And they will be perverse, and they will rebel against thee, and they will cast thy law behind their back, and they killed thy prophets who testified against them to turn them back to thee, and they will make great reproaches.

Riches » God gives power to obtain

Riches » Often lead to » Denying God

Proverbs 30:8-9

Vanity and the word of falsehood remove far from me; thou wilt not give to me poverty and riches; feed me with bread of my allowance: Lest I shall be filled and I spake lies, and said, Who is Jehovah? and lest I shall be dispossessed and I stole, and I laid hold upon the name of God.

Riches » Heavenly treasures superior to

Matthew 6:19-20

Treasure not up to you treasures upon earth, where moth and gnawing destroy, and thieves dig through and steal: But treasure to you treasures in heaven, where neither moth, nor gnawing destroy; and where thieves dig not through, nor steal.

Riches » Denunciations against those who » Get, unlawfully

Riches » Denunciations against those who » Trust in

Riches » Examples of saints possessing » Barzillai

2 Samuel 19:32

And Barzillai a very old man, the son of eighty years: and he nourished the king in his dwelling in the two camps, for he was an exceeding great man.

Riches » They who possess, should » Be liberal in all things

Riches » They who possess, should » Not to be high-minded

Riches » They who covet » Bring trouble on their families

Riches » They who covet » Use unlawful means to acquire

Riches » They who covet » Bring trouble on themselves

Riches » They who covet » Err from the faith

Riches » Often lead to » An overbearing spirit

Riches » Often lead to » Self-sufficiency

Riches » Described as » Perishable

Jeremiah 48:36

For this, my heart shall sound for Moab as pipes, and my heart shall sound for the men of Kirheres as pipes: for the riches he made perished.

Riches » Described as » Temporary

Riches » Described as » Uncertain

Riches » Of the wicked laid up for the just

Riches » The love of, the root of all evil

Riches » The blessing of the lord brings

Riches » Examples of wicked men possessing » Ammonites

Jeremiah 49:4

Wherefore wilt thou boast in the valleys, thy valley flowing away, O daughter turning away? trusting in her treasures, Who shall come to me?

Riches » Examples of wicked men possessing » Nabal

1 Samuel 25:2

And a man in Maon and his work in Carmel; and the man very great, and to him three thousand sheep and a thousand goats: and he will be in shearing his sheep in Carmel.

Riches » Examples of wicked men possessing » Laban

Genesis 30:30

For little which was to thee before me, and it will break forth into a multitude; and Jehovah will praise thee at my foot: and now when shall I make to myself a house?

Riches » Examples of saints possessing » Joseph of arimathea

Matthew 27:57

And being evening, then there came a rich man from Arimathea, Joseph by name, who also himself was a disciple to Jesus:

Riches » They who possess, should » Not glory in them

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus said Jehovah, The wise shall not boast in his wisdom, and the strong shall not boast in his strength; the rich shall not boast in his riches:

Riches » They who covet » Fall into temptation and a snare

Riches » They who covet » Fall into hurtful lusts

Riches » Described as » Deceitful

Riches » Often an obstruction to the reception of the gospel

Mark 10:23-25

And Jesus having looked round, said to his disciples, With what difficulty shall they having property enter into the kingdom of God And his disciples were amazed at his words. And Jesus again having answered, says to them, How difficult, children, is it for those trusting in property to enter into the kingdom of God! It is easier labor for a camel to come through the hole of a needle, than for a rich one to come into the kingdom of God.

Riches » Folly and danger of trusting to--illustrated

Luke 12:16-21

And he spake a parable to them, saying, The farm of a certain rich man bore well: And he calculated in himself, saying, What shall I do, for I have not where I shall collect together my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my stores, and build greater; and there will I collect all my produce and my good things. read more.
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years; rest, eat, drink, be gladdened. And God said to him, O foolish one, this night they require thy soul from thee: and what thou hast prepared, to whom shall it be? So he treasuring up for himself, and not rich toward God.

Riches » Deceitfulness of, chokes the word

Riches » Danger of misusing--illustrated

Luke 16:19-25

A certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, being daily splendidly gladdened: And there was a certain beggar, Lazarus by name, who was cast at his gate, having been wounded, And eagerly desirous to be fed from crumbs falling from the rich one's table: but also the dogs, coming, licked off his wounds. read more.
And it was, the beggar died, and was carried by messengers into Abraham's bosom: and the rich one died also, and was buried; And in hades, having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham from far off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he having called out, said, Father Abraham, pity me, and send Lazarus, that he might dip his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Child, remember that thou didst receive thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus likewise evil things: and now here is he comforted, and thou art tormented.

Riches » Profit not in the day of wrath

Riches » Be not over-anxious for

Riches » Give worldly power

Riches » Labor not for

Riches » Examples of wicked men possessing » Esau

Genesis 36:7

For their possessions were much above dwelling together; and the land of their sojournings will not be able to bear them from the face of their possessions.

Riches » Denunciations against those who » Spend, upon their appetite

Job 20:15-17

He swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit it up, and God shall drive it out of his belly. He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall kill him. He shall not look upon the streams, the rivers, the torrents of honey and curdled milk

Riches » Examples of saints possessing » Abram

Riches » They who possess, should » When converted, rejoice in being humbled

James 1:9-10

And let the humble brother boast in his elevation: And the rich, in his humiliation: for as the flower of the grass he shall pass by.

Riches » They who possess, should » Not hoard them up

Riches » Described as » Liable to be stolen

Riches » Described as » Thick clay

Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not these all of them lift up a parable against him, and an enigma of an oracle against him, and it shall be said, Wo! to him multiplying that not to him. how long making heavy upon him goods taken in pledge?

Riches » Examples of wicked men possessing » Haman

Esther 5:11

And Haman will recount to them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his sons, and all how the king magnified him, and how he lifted him up over the chiefs and servants of the king.

Riches » Examples of saints possessing » Shunammite

2 Kings 4:8

And it will be the day, and Elisha will pass through to Shunem, and a great woman there; and she will lay hold on him to eat bread. And it will be as often as he passed by, he will turn aside there to eat bread.

Riches » They who possess, should » Not set the heart on them

Riches » The wicked » Must leave, to others

Riches » The wicked » Often increase in

Psalm 73:12

Behold, these the unjust, and they being secure of the world increased riches.

Riches » Often lead to » Violence

Micah 6:12

For her rich ones were full of violence, and her inhabitants spake falsehood, and their tongue of deceit in their mouth.

Riches » The wicked » Trust in the abundance of

Riches » To God belongs this world's riches

Riches » Life consists not in abundance of

Riches » Cannot secure prosperity

James 1:11

For the sun sprang up with heat, and dried up the grass, and its flower fell out, and the decorum of its face was destroyed: so also shall the rich be dried up in his goings.

Riches » Denunciations against those who » Receive their consolation from

Riches » Examples of saints possessing » Dorcas

Riches » They who possess, should » Use them in promoting the salvation of others

Riches » Often lead to » Fraud

Riches » Often lead to » Oppression

Riches » The wicked » Often spend their days in

Job 21:13

Their days glided on in good, and in a moment they will lay hold of hades.

Riches » The wicked » Swallow down

Job 20:15

He swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit it up, and God shall drive it out of his belly.

Riches » Examples of saints possessing » Boaz

Ruth 2:1

And to Naomi an acquaintance to her husband, a strong man of wealth, from the family of Elimelech; and his name Boaz.

Riches » Figurative

Revelation 3:18

I counsel thee to buy gold of me refined by fire, that thou mightest be rich; and white garments, that thou mightest be surrounded, and that the shame of thy nakedness might not be made manifest; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve that thou mightest see.

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Drawbacks To Riches

Matthew 19:23

And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, That with difficulty shall a rich one come into the kingdom of the heavens.

Riches, Believers Attitudes

1 Chronicles 29:16

O Jehovah our God, all this multitude that we prepared to build to thee a house for thy holy name, it is from thy hand, and to thee the whole.

Riches, Can Lead To

Ezekiel 28:5

By the multitude of thy wisdom, by thy traffic thou didst multiply thy wealth, and thine heart will be lifted up in thy wealth.

Riches, Nature Of

Psalm 24:1-2

To David chanting. To Jehovah the earth and its fulness, the habitable globe and they dwelling in it.

Riches, Spiritual

Romans 11:33-36

O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! his judgments how unsearchable, and his ways not traced out!

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