13 Bible Verses about Drawbacks To Riches

And Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you truly, it will be difficult for a rich man to get into the Realm of heaven.

Jesus looked round and said to his disciples, "How difficult it is for those who have money to get into the Realm of God!"

So Jesus looked at him and said, "How difficult it is for those who have money to enter the Realm of God!

It is easier for a camel to get through a needle's eye than for a rich man to get into the Realm of God."

Why, it is easier for a camel to get through a needle's eye than for a rich man to get into the Realm of God."

There was a rich man, clad in purple and fine linen, who lived sumptuously every day.

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

No one can serve two masters: either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will stand by the one and despise the other ??you cannot serve both God and Mammon.

So fares the man who lays up treasure for himself instead of gaining the riches of God."

your wealth lies rotting, and your clothes are moth-eaten;

And all this splendour gone in one brief hour!' And all shipmasters and sea-faring folk, sailors and all whose business lies upon the sea, stood far off

but let one who is rich exult in being lowered; for the rich will pass away like the flower of the grass ??11 up comes the sun with the scorching wind and withers the grass, its flower drops off, and the splendour of it is ruined: so shall the rich fade away amid their pursuits.

Those who are eager to be rich get tempted and trapped in many senseless and pernicious propensities that drag men down to ruin and destruction.