For the sun rises with its burning heat, and withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beauty of its form perishes. So, also, shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

But you dishonor the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do they not themselves drag you to the judgment-seats?

Jesus said to his disciples: Verily I say to you, A rich man will with difficulty enter into the kingdom of heaven.

But alas for you that are rich! for you have received your consolation.

And he spoke a parable to them, saying: The farm of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.

There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day.

But those who will be rich fail into temptation and a snare, and many foolish and hurtful desires, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

and the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the officers, and the rich men, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every freeman, hid themselves in the caves, and in the rocks of the mountains,

Weep

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to sorrow.

Alas for you that are full! for you shall be hungry. Alas for you that laugh now! for you shall mourn and weep.

But Jesus turned, and said to them, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

General references

Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal.

In like manner also, as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;