28 Bible Verses about Drawbacks To Riches
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Jesus said to his disciples: Truly I tell you, it is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven.
Looking around Jesus said to his disciples: It is hard for those who have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
Seeing him Jesus said: It is very difficult for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
It is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
A rich man dressed in the most expensive clothes and lived in great luxury every day.
You cannot serve two masters. You will hate one and love the other. You will be loyal to one master and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money (wealth) (material possessions).
What will you do on the day you are called to account for these things, when destruction comes from far away? Where will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath. Righteousness delivers from death.
Their wealth will be looted. Their homes will be demolished. They will build houses. However they will not live in them! They will plant vineyards. But they will not drink their wine!
In one hour these great riches came to nothing.' Every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood far off,
Will you look for things that do not exist? Riches grow wings and fly away like a bird.
He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.
Riches are not forever: and a crown does not endure for every generation.
But the rich must be glad when God humbles them. This is because they will wither like wildflowers and pass away. The sun rises with scorching heat and withers the grass. The flower falls off and its beauty perishes. So also the rich man will fade away in his pursuits.
Those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts. These draw men into ruin and destruction.
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children. The wealth of the sinner is preserved for the righteous.
One can see that wise people die, that foolish and stupid people meet the same end. They leave their wealth to others.
Every man walks about like a vain illusion. He makes a lot of noise over nothing. He hoards riches and does not know who will receive them.
What he toiled for he must give back uneaten. He will not enjoy the profit from his trading.
Craziness is set in many exalted places, and the rich sit in low places.
Better is the poor man who walks in uprightness, than the rich man who is perverse in his ways.
They will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. They will throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water.'
They long for death that does not come. They search for it more than for hidden treasure.
