14 Bible Verses about Riches, Can Lead To

Because of your great skill in trading, you have made yourself very wealthy. You have become arrogant because of your wealth.'

The people of Ephraim say: We are rich. We have made a fortune. With all this wealth, no one will find us guilty of any sin.

Your herds and flocks, silver and gold, and all that you have will increase. When this happens, be careful that you do not become arrogant and forget Jehovah your God. He brought you out of slavery in Egypt.

Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food necessary for me. If I am full I could deny you and say, Who is Jehovah? Or if I am poor and steal, I could take God's name in vain.

Jeshurun (Israel) grew fat and disrespectful. You got fat! You were stuffed! You over eat! He abandoned the God who made him and scornfully treated the rock of his salvation.

And they took walled towns and a fat land. They became the owners of houses full of all good things, water-holes cut in the rock, vine-gardens and olive-gardens and a wealth of fruit-trees. They had food enough and became fat, and had joy in the good you gave them. But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority. They turned their backs on your law, and murdered your prophets. These prophets gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you. They did much to make you angry.

But hearing these words, the young man went away grieving, for he was very wealthy.

He was very sad when he heard this for he had many possessions. Then he went away.

A rich person is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding, sees right through him.

The poor man requests and the rich man answers out of greed.

The rich men are full of violence! Her inhabitants speak lies. Their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

You have dishonored the poor man. Do the rich oppress you, and personally drag you into court?

Behold, the wages of the laborers who harvested your fields, which are held back by you, cry out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of Jehovah of Hosts.

You lived in luxury on the earth, and take your pleasure; you nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.