13 Bible Verses about Drawbacks To Riches
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Jesus said to His disciples, "I solemnly say to you, it will be hard for a rich man to get into the kingdom of heaven.
Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have money to get into the kingdom of God!"
So when Jesus saw it, He said, "How hard it is for those who have money to get into the kingdom of God!
It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to get into the kingdom of God."
For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to get into the kingdom of God."
"Once there was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and live in dazzling luxury every day.
He has satisfied the hungry with good things and sent the rich away with empty hands.
No one can be a slave to two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and money.
So it is with the man who continues to pile up possessions for himself, and is not rich in God."
because in a single hour a wealth so vast has been destroyed!' All ship pilots and all who travel by sea, sailors and seafaring men, stood a long way off
and the rich brother rejoice in his being on a level with the poor, because the rich will fade away like the flower of the grass. For the sun comes up with its scorching heat and dries up the grass, and its flowers wither, and its beauty fades away; so will rich men fade away in their pursuits.
But men who keep planning to get rich fall into temptations and snares and many foolish, hurtful desires which plunge people into destruction and ruin.
