13 Bible Verses about Drawbacks To Riches

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

And Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples: With what difficulty will those who have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

When Jesus saw that he was very sad, he said: How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom, of God.

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

He has filled the hungry with good things, but the rich he has sent empty away.

No one can serve two masters: for he will either hate the one and love the other; or he will hold to the one, and neglect the other. You can not serve God and riches.

So is he that lays up treasure for him self, and is not rich toward God.

Your wealth is corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten:

And every master of a ship, and every one in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood far off,

but he that is rich, in his humiliation; because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. 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 those who will be rich fail into temptation and a snare, and many foolish and hurtful desires, which drown men in destruction and perdition.