28 Bible Verses about Drawbacks To Riches

And Jesus said to his disciples, Verily I say unto you, A rich man shall with difficulty enter into the kingdom of the heavens;

And Jesus looking around says to his disciples, How difficultly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

But when Jesus saw that he became very sorrowful, he said, How difficultly shall those who have riches 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 enter through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.

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

No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the sudden destruction which shall come from far? To whom will ye flee for help, and where will ye leave your glory?

Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.

He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

And their wealth shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation; and they shall build houses, and not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and not drink the wine thereof.

Your wealth is become rotten, and your garments moth-eaten.

for in one hour so great riches has been made desolate. And every steersman, and every one who sailed to any place, and sailors, and all who exercise their calling on the sea, stood afar off,

wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.

He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.

for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation?

and the rich in his humiliation, because as the grass's flower he will pass away. For the sun has risen with its burning heat, and has withered the grass, and its flower has fallen, and the comeliness of its look has perished: thus the rich also shall wither in his goings.

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous man.

For he seeth that wise men die; all alike, the fool and the brutish perish, and they leave their wealth to others.

Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

That which he laboured for shall he restore, and not swallow down; its restitution shall be according to the value, and he shall not rejoice therein.

folly is set in great dignities, but the rich sit in a low place.

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse, double in ways, though he be rich.

And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy wares; and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses; and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the waters.

Who long for death, and it cometh not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;