32 Bible Verses about Wealthy People

The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

And he spoke unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with bronze, and with iron, and with very much clothing: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

O you that dwell by many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, and the measure of your covetousness.

And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

And now will I show you the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than them all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.

And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts.

But what went you out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, they who are gorgeously appareled, and live in luxury, are in kings' courts.

And he spoke a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

Then said he also to him that bade him, When you give a dinner or a supper, call not your friends, nor your brethren, neither your kinsmen, nor your rich neighbors; lest they also bid you again, and a recompense be made you.

And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.

But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.

And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

And the LORD has blessed my master greatly; and he has become great: and he has given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and donkeys.

When he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even a hundred and fourscore days.

Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king with supplies while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

And Ephraim said, Yet I have become rich, I have found myself wealth: in all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin.

For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land in which they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.

And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

And the man became great, and advanced, and grew until he became very great:

And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and donkeys.

And I have oxen, and donkeys, flocks, and menservants, and maidservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in your sight.

His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

When the evening was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:

And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

And I have also given you that which you have not asked, both riches, and honor: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto you all your days.

However I believed not the words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: your wisdom and prosperity exceeds the fame which I heard.

So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, who was the chief among the tax collectors, and he was rich.

But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.