Luke 18:24

A Rich Young Man

²³ But at these words he became very sad, for he had great wealth. ²⁴ And Jesus, looking at him, said, How hard it is for those who have wealth to get into the kingdom of God! ²⁵ It is simpler for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a man who has much money to come into the kingdom of God.

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Proverbs 11:28

He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

Deuteronomy 6:10-12

And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land which he gave his oath to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, that he would give you; with great and fair towns which were not of your building;

Deuteronomy 8:11-17

Then take care that you are not turned away from the Lord your God and from keeping his orders and decisions and laws which I give you this day:

Psalm 10:3

For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

Psalm 73:5-12

They are not in trouble as others are; they have no part in the unhappy fate of men.

Proverbs 18:11

The property of a man of wealth is his strong town, and it is as a high wall in the thoughts of his heart.

Proverbs 30:9

For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.

Jeremiah 2:31

O generation, see the word of the Lord. Have I been a waste land to Israel? or a land of dark night? why do my people say, We have got loose, we will not come to you again?

Jeremiah 5:5

I will go to the great men and have talk with them; for they have knowledge of the way of the Lord and of the behaviour desired by their God. But as for these, their one purpose is a broken yoke and burst bands.

Matthew 19:23-25

And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, It is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 6:26

And the king was very sad; but because of his oaths, and those who were with him at table, he would not say 'No' to her.

Mark 10:23-27

And Jesus, looking round about, said to his disciples, How hard it is for those who have wealth to come into the kingdom of God!

1 Corinthians 1:26-27

For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:

2 Corinthians 7:9-10

Now I am glad, not that you had sorrow, but that your sorrow was the cause of a change of heart; for yours was a holy sorrow so that you might undergo no loss by us in anything.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.

James 2:5-7

Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

James 5:1-6

Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.