For as the sun comes up with a burning heat, it withers the grass, and its flowers fall, and the grace of the fashion of it perishes; so also shall the rich man fade away amid his pursuits.

But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you to court?

So Jesus said to his disciples. "In solemn truth I tell you that a rich man will find it difficult to enter the kingdom of heaven.

"But woe to you rich! For you already have received your consolation.

Then he spoke to them in a parable. "The ground of a certain rich man bore heavy crops.

"Now there was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and made merry every day in splendor.

Those who desire to be rich fall into the snares of temptation and many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

and the kings of the earth, and the princes, and the generals, the rich and the mighty, both slaves and freemen, every one of them hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

Weep

Lament and mourn, and weep aloud! Let your laughter be turned into mourning, And your joy into gloom!

"Woe unto you who are full now! For you shall suffer hunger. "Woe to you who are laughing now! For you shall wail and weep.

But Jesus turned and said: "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me;

General references

"Store up for yourselves no treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

"The same was true in the time of Lot; they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building;