Ecclesiastes 5:13
Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.
Ecclesiastes 6:1-2
Here is another misfortune that I have seen on earth, and it weighs heavily on people:
Genesis 13:5-11
Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.
Genesis 14:16
He retrieved all the stolen property. He also brought back his nephew Lot and his possessions, as well as the women and the rest of the people.
Genesis 19:14
Then Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law who were going to marry his daughters. He said, "Quick, get out of this place because the Lord is about to destroy the city!" But his sons-in-law thought he was ridiculing them.
Genesis 19:26
But Lot's wife looked back longingly and was turned into a pillar of salt.
Genesis 19:31-38
Later the older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is no man anywhere nearby to have sexual relations with us, according to the way of all the world.
Proverbs 1:11-13
If they say, "Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.
Proverbs 1:19
Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!
Proverbs 1:32
For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.
Proverbs 11:4
Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
Proverbs 11:24-25
One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
A man who is all alone with no companion, he has no children nor siblings; yet there is no end to all his toil, and he is never satisfied with riches. He laments, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is futile and a burdensome task!
Ecclesiastes 8:9
While applying my mind to everything that happens in this world, I have seen all this: Sometimes one person dominates other people to their harm.
Isaiah 32:6-8
For a fool speaks disgraceful things; his mind plans out sinful deeds. He commits godless deeds and says misleading things about the Lord; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite and gives the thirsty nothing to drink.
Zephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath. Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth."
Luke 12:16-21
He then told them a parable: "The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,
Luke 16:1-13
Jesus also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.
Luke 16:19
"There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
Luke 16:22-23
"Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.
Luke 18:22-23
When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
Isaiah 2:20
At that time men will throw their silver and gold idols, which they made for themselves to worship, into the caves where rodents and bats live,
Luke 19:8
But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!"
1 Timothy 6:9-10
Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
James 2:5-7
Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
James 5:1-4
Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.