28 Bible Verses about Drawbacks To Riches

And Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven.

And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!"

Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, "How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."

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

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

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

"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

What will you do on the day of punishment, in the ruin that will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?

So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.

Their goods shall be plundered, and their houses laid waste. Though they build houses, they shall not inhabit them; though they plant vineyards, they shall not drink wine from them."

Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten.

For in a single hour all this wealth has been laid waste."And all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off

When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.

he will not be rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the earth;

for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations?

and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

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

For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others.

Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!

He will give back the fruit of his toil and will not swallow it down; from the profit of his trading he will get no enjoyment.

folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.

Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.

They will plunder your riches and loot your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. Your stones and timber and soil they will cast into the midst of the waters.

who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,