32 Bible Verses about Wealthy People

The rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than the half shekel, when you give the contribution to the Lord to make atonement for yourselves.

and said to them, “Return to your tents with great riches and with very much livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and with very many clothes; divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.”

O you who dwell by many waters,
Abundant in treasures,
Your end has come,
The measure of your end.

His grave was assigned with wicked men,
Yet He was with a rich man in His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.

And now I will tell you the truth. Behold, three more kings are going to arise in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, he will arouse the whole empire against the realm of Greece.

I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the wealth of all nations, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts.

But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Those who are splendidly clothed and live in luxury are found in royal palaces!

And He told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man was very productive.

And He also went on to say to the one who had invited Him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you in return and that will be your repayment.

Now He was also saying to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions.

and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.

But when he had heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.

Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver and in gold.

The Lord has greatly blessed my master, so that he has become rich; and He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and maids, and camels and donkeys.

And he displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his great majesty for many days, 180 days.

Now Barzillai was very old, being eighty years old; and he had sustained the king while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.

Now Naomi had a kinsman of her husband, a man of great wealth, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.

And Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich,
I have found wealth for myself;
In all my labors they will find in me
No iniquity, which would be sin.”

For their property had become too great for them to live together, and the land where they sojourned could not sustain them because of their livestock.

Then Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, and the number of his sons, and every instance where the king had magnified him and how he had promoted him above the princes and servants of the king.

and the man became rich, and continued to grow richer until he became very wealthy;

So the man became exceedingly prosperous, and had large flocks and female and male servants and camels and donkeys.

I have oxen and donkeys and flocks and male and female servants; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.”’”

His possessions also were 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and very many servants; and that man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; and the man was very rich, and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And it came about while he was shearing his sheep in Carmel

I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you all your days.

Nevertheless I did not believe the reports, until I came and my eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. You exceed in wisdom and prosperity the report which I heard.

So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich.

But when the young man heard this statement, he went away grieving; for he was one who owned much property.

But at these words he was saddened, and he went away grieving, for he was one who owned much property.