36 Bible Verses about Riches, Ungodly Use Of

Behold, these are the wicked, and those who always prosper. They have possessed wealth.

For I was afraid of thee because thou are an austere man. Thou take up what thou did not lay down, and reap what thou did not sow.

But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich exploit you, and they themselves drag you into courts? Do they not blaspheme the good name that was called upon you?

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaks Ben-hadad, saying, I indeed sent to thee, saying, Thou shall deliver to me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy sons.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall have increase.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapor driven to and fro by those who seek death.

He who oppresses a poor man to his increase, [and] he who gives to a rich man, [comes] only to want.

As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand. And they covet fields, and seize them, and houses, and take them away. And they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. Therefore thus says LORD: Behold, I devise an evil against this family, from which ye shall not remove your necks, nor shall ye walk haughtily, for it is an evil time.read more.
In that day they shall take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation. [And] say, We are utterly ruined. He changes the portion of my people. How he removes [it] from me! He divides our fields to the rebelliou Therefore thou shall have nobody to cast the line by lot in the assembly of LORD.

Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable? Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights? For the rich men of it are full of violence, and the inhabitants of it have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his (how long?) and who loads himself with pledges! Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee. And thou shall be for booty to them? Because thou have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell therein.read more.
Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil! Thou have devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against thy soul. For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

The people shall curse him who withholds grain, but a blessing shall be upon the head of him who sells it.

Though he heaps up silver as the dust, and prepares raiment as the clay, he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

Go now, ye rich, weep, howling for your miseries that are approaching. Your wealth has decayed, and your garments have become moth-eaten. Your gold and your silver have cankered, and their corrosion will be testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. Ye have hoarded in the last days.

Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels encompasses me about? Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches,

If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, [Thou are] my confidence;

Lo, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

He who trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

Thus says LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man glory in his might. Let not the rich man glory in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am LORD who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth. For in these things I delight, says LORD.

For, because thou have trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shall be taken. And Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his rulers together.

In the house of a righteous man is much treasure, but in the revenues of a wicked man is trouble.

The labor of a righteous man produces life. The fruit of a wicked man [is] to sin.

There is he who makes himself rich, yet has nothing, [and] he who makes himself poor, yet [has] great wealth. The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hears no threatening.

Better is little with the fear of LORD, than great treasure and trouble with it. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred with it.

For he shall see it. Wise men die. The fool and the brutish alike perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Surely every man walks in a shadow. Surely they are disquieted in vain. He heaps up, and knows not who shall gather them.

But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be?

However, woe to you the rich, because ye have received your consolation.

And he said to them, Watch, and keep away from greed, because to any man, life to him is not in the abundance of things possessed by him.

But Abraham said, Child, remember that thou in thy lifetime received thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now here he is comforted and thou are in agony.

And there was a man in Maon whose possessions were in Carmel. And the man was very great [in goods], and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats. And he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. And the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance, but the man was churlish and evil in his doings, and he was of the house of Caleb.

And as he was going forth on the way, one man having ran to him, and having knelt to him, questioned him, Good teacher, what should I do that I may inherit eternal life? And Jesus said to him, Why do thou call me good? None is good except one, God. Thou know the commandments. Thou shall not commit adultery. Thou shall not murder. Thou shall not steal. Thou shall not testify falsely. Thou shall not defraud. Thou shall honor thy father and mother.read more.
And having answered, he said to him, Teacher, all these things I have observed from my youth. And having looked at him, Jesus loved him, and said to him, One thing thou lack. Go thou, sell as many things as thou have, and give to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And after taking up the cross, come, follow me But having become somber at the saying, he went away sorrowing, for he was a man who has many possessions. And Jesus having looked around, he says to his disciples, How difficultly those who have riches will enter into the kingdom of God.

And behold one man having come to him, said, Good teacher, what good thing should I do so that I may have eternal life? And he said to him, Why do thou call me good? There is none good except one, God. But if thou want to enter into life, keep the commandments. He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shall not murder. Thou shall not commit adultery. Thou shall not steal. Thou shall not testify falsely.read more.
Honor the father and mother, and, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. The young man says to him, All these things I have kept from my youthfulness. What do I lack yet? Jesus said to him, If thou want to be perfect, go, sell the things being possessed by thee, and give to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me. But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowing, for he was having many possessions. And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, that a rich man will enter into the kingdom of the heavens difficultly. And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the hole of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

And a certain ruler questioned him, saying, Good teacher, having done what, will I inherit eternal life? And Jesus said to him, Why do thou call me good? None is good except one, God. Thou know the commandments. Thou shall not commit adultery. Thou shall not murder. Thou shall not steal. Thou shall not give FALSE testimony. Honor thy father and thy mother.read more.
And he said, All these things I have kept from my youth. And when he heard these things, Jesus said to him, Yet one thing is lacking from thee. Sell all things, as many as thou have, and distribute to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me. But when he heard these things, he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich. And having seen him become very sorrowful, Jesus said, How difficultly those who have riches will enter into the kingdom of God. For it is easier for a camel to enter in through the hole of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.