32 Bible Verses about Wealthy People
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The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you give the LORD's offering to make atonement for your lives.
he said to them, "Go back to your tents with much wealth and with very much livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, and iron, and with much clothing. Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers."
O you who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.
"And now I will show you the truth. Behold, three more kings shall arise in Persia, and a fourth shall be far richer than all of them. And when he has become strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the kingdom of Greece.
And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts.
What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are dressed in splendid clothing and live in luxury are in kings' courts.
And he told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man produced plentifully,
He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid.
He also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions.
and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.
But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.
The LORDhas greatly blessed my master, and he has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, camels and donkeys.
while he showed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor and pomp of his greatness for many days, 180 days.
Barzillai was a very aged man, eighty years old. He had provided the king with food while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man.
Now Naomi had a relative of her husband's, a worthy man of the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.
Ephraim has said, "Ah, but I am rich; I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they cannot find in me iniquity or sin."
For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together. The land of their sojournings could not support them because of their livestock.
And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the servants of the king.
and the man became rich, and gained more and more until he became very wealthy.
Thus the man increased greatly and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.
I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, in order that I may find favor in your sight.'"
He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and very many servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east.
When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus.
And there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days.
but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity surpass the report that I heard.
Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
