6 Bible Verses about Riches, Description Of

Charge the rich of this world not to be supercilious, and not to fix their hopes on so uncertain a thing as riches but on the living God who richly provides us with all the enjoyments of life;

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

you know it was not by perishable silver or gold that you were ransomed from the futile traditions of your past,

'Woe and alas, for the great city, robed in linen, in purple and scarlet, her ornaments of gold, of jewels and pearl! 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

As for him who is sown 'among thorns,' that is the man who listens to the word, but the worry of the world and the delight of being rich choke the word; so it proves unfruitful.

Store up no treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust corrode, where thieves break in and steal: