Ecclesiastes 5:13
I have seen a grievous evil under the sun. I have seen riches being hoarded by their owner to his downfall (distress).
Ecclesiastes 6:1-2
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun and it is prevalent among men.
Genesis 13:5-11
Lot moved about with Abram. He also had flocks and herds and tents.
Genesis 14:16
Then he brought back all the goods. He also brought back his nephew Lot and all the men and women.
Genesis 19:14
Lot rushed out to tell his sons-in-law: Hurry! Get out of the city! Jehovah is going to destroy it. But the young men thought he was only joking.
Genesis 19:26
Lot's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt.
Genesis 19:31-38
The older daughter said to her sister: Our father is getting old. There are no men in the whole world to marry us so we can have children.
Proverbs 1:11-13
If they say: Come with us. Let us lie in wait to kill someone. Let us ambush the innocent without cause.
Proverbs 1:19
So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust dishonest gain. Greed takes away the life of its owner.
Proverbs 1:32
Sin and self-satisfaction bring destruction and death to stupid fools.
Proverbs 11:4
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath. Righteousness delivers from death.
Proverbs 11:24-25
There is one who scatters, and yet increases. There is one who withholds what is due and it leads to poverty.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is a man who is by himself, without a companion. He is without son or brother. There is no end to all his work. He never has enough wealth. Nor is his eye satisfied with riches. He never asks: For whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure? This too is vanity and a terrible problem.
Ecclesiastes 8:9
I have seen all this and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time when one man rules over another to his own misery and harm.
Isaiah 32:6-8
A fool speaks foolishly and thinks up evil things to do. He promotes wickedness and what he says insults Jehovah. He never feeds the hungry or gives thirsty people anything to drink.
Zephaniah 1:18
Their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the Day of Jehovah's anger (rage) (wrath). He will devour all the nations by the fire of his zeal! He will exterminate all the inhabitants of the earth!
Luke 12:16-21
He spoke an illustration to them: The land of a rich man produced well.
Luke 16:1-13
Jesus told his disciples: There was a rich man who had a servant who managed his property. The rich man learned that the manager was accused of wasting his master's money.
Luke 16:19
A rich man dressed in the most expensive clothes and lived in great luxury every day.
Luke 16:22-23
The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man died and was buried.
Luke 18:22-23
When Jesus heard it he said to him, You lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.
Isaiah 2:20
That day people will throw their silver and gold idols, that they made for themselves to worship, to the moles and the bats.
Luke 19:8
Zacchaeus stood before Jesus and said: Lord, I now give half of all my possessions to the poor. If I have defrauded any one I will give back four times the amount taken.
1 Timothy 6:9-10
Those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts. These draw men into ruin and destruction.
James 2:5-7
Listen, my dearly beloved brothers! Did God choose poor people in the world to be rich in faith and to receive the kingdom he promised to those who love him?
James 5:1-4
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.