'Rich' in the Bible
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.
And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxed rich and find sufficient to redeem it;
And if a stranger or sojourner with thee be waxed rich, and thy brother be waxed poor beside him, and sell himself unto the stranger or'sojourner with thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family;
or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be waxed rich, he may redeem himself.
Tell of it , ye that ride on white asses, Ye that sit on rich carpets, And ye that walk by the way.
And he said, Blessed be thou of Jehovah, my daughter: thou hast showed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up.
And Jehovah sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers ; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.
That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.
And the daughter of Tyre'shall be there with a gift; The rich among the people shall entreat thy favor.
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased.
He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.
The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, And as a high wall in his own imagination.
The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly.
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.
The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain , And he that giveth to the rich,'shall come only to want.
Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings; But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
Revile not the king, no, not in thy thought; and revile not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
And they made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;
These were thy traffickers in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.
And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.
For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take the filthy garments from off him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with rich apparel.
whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.