'Rich' in the Bible
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
if from a thread even to a sandal-thong, yes, if of all that is thine, I take anything ...; that thou mayest not say, I have made Abram rich;
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when ye give the heave-offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.
"Tell of it, you who ride on tawny asses, you who sit on rich carpets and you who walk by the way.
And he said, Blessed be thou of Jehovah, my daughter! Thou hast shewn more kindness at the end than at the first, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich, he bringeth low, also he lifteth up:
And Jehovah sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
And there came a traveller to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that had come to him; and he took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that had come to him.
He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.
He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
How then to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich man more than the poor? for they are all the work of his hands.
And the daughter of Tyre with a gift, the rich ones among the people, shall court thy favour.
Both men of low and men of high degree, rich and poor alike.
Be not afraid when a man becometh rich, when the glory of his house is increased:
He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow to it.
There is that feigneth himself rich, and hath nothing; there is that maketh himself poor, and hath great wealth.
He that is poor is hated even of his own neighbour; but the rich hath many friends.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.
He that is poor speaketh with supplications, but the rich answereth roughly.
He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
The rich and poor meet together; Jehovah is the maker of them all.
The rich ruleth over the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender.
He that oppresseth the poor, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, bringeth only to want.
Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse, double in ways, though he be rich.
A rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
A faithful man aboundeth with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
The sleep of the labourer is sweet, whether he have eaten little or much; but the fulness of the rich doth not suffer him to sleep.
folly is set in great dignities, but the rich sit in a low place.
Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for the bird of the air will carry the voice, and that which hath wings will tell the matter.
And he will give the rain of thy seed with which thou shalt sow the ground; and bread, the produce of the ground, and it shall be fat and rich. In that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures;
And men appointed his grave with the wicked, but he was with the rich in his death, because he had done no violence, neither was there guile in his mouth.
Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches:
And Ephraim saith, Nevertheless I am become rich, I have found me out substance; in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
whose possessors slay them without being held guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah! for I am become rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.
And Jesus said to his disciples, Verily I say unto you, A rich man shall with difficulty enter into the kingdom of the heavens;
and again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to enter a needle's eye than a rich man into the kingdom of God.
Now when even was come there came a rich man of Arimathaea, his name Joseph, who also himself was a disciple to Jesus.
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
And Jesus, having sat down opposite the treasury, saw how the crowd was casting money into the treasury; and many rich cast in much.
He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent away the rich empty.
But woe to you rich, for ye have received your consolation.
And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsfolk, nor rich neighbours, lest it may be they also should invite thee in return, and a recompense be made thee.
And he said also to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and he was accused to him as wasting his goods.
Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.
and desiring to be filled with the crumbs which fell from the table of the rich man; but the dogs also coming licked his sores.
And it came to pass that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the angels into the bosom of Abraham. And the rich man also died and was buried.
But when he heard this he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich.
for it is easier for a camel to enter through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
And behold, there was a man by name called Zacchaeus, and he was chief tax-gatherer, and he was rich.
And he looked up and saw the rich casting their gifts into the treasury;
For there is no difference of Jew and Greek; for the same Lord of all is rich towards all that call upon him.
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he, being rich, became poor, in order that ye by his poverty might be enriched.
but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us,
But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.
Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment;
to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, disposed to communicate of their substance,
and the rich in his humiliation, because as the grass's flower he will pass away.
For the sun has risen with its burning heat, and has withered the grass, and its flower has fallen, and the comeliness of its look has perished: thus the rich also shall wither in his goings.
Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him?
But ye have despised the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do not they drag you before the tribunals?
Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you.
I know thy tribulation and thy poverty; but thou art rich; and the railing of those who say that they themselves are Jews, and are not, but a synagogue of Satan.
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and am grown rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked;
I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white garments, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be made manifest; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
And the kings of the earth, and the great, and the chiliarchs, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains;
And it causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bondmen, that they should give them a mark upon their right hand or upon their forehead;
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- Plenteous (16 instances)
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