'Rich' in the Bible
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
if from a thread even to a sandal-thong, yes, if of all that is thine, I take anything ...; that thou mayest not say, I have made Abram rich;
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when ye give the heave-offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.
"Tell of it, you who ride on tawny asses, you who sit on rich carpets and you who walk by the way.
And he said, Blessed be thou of Jehovah, my daughter! Thou hast shewn more kindness at the end than at the first, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich, he bringeth low, also he lifteth up:
And Jehovah sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
And there came a traveller to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that had come to him; and he took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that had come to him.
He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.
He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
How then to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich man more than the poor? for they are all the work of his hands.
And the daughter of Tyre with a gift, the rich ones among the people, shall court thy favour.
Both men of low and men of high degree, rich and poor alike.
Be not afraid when a man becometh rich, when the glory of his house is increased:
He cometh to want that dealeth 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 to it.
There is that feigneth himself rich, and hath nothing; there is that maketh himself poor, and hath great wealth.
He that is poor is hated even of his own neighbour; but the rich hath many friends.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.
He that is poor speaketh with supplications, but the rich answereth roughly.
He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
The rich and 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, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, bringeth only to want.
Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse, double in ways, though he be rich.
A rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
A faithful man aboundeth with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
The sleep of the labourer is sweet, whether he have eaten little or much; but the fulness of the rich doth not suffer him to sleep.
folly is set in great dignities, but the rich sit in a low place.
Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for the bird of the air will carry the voice, and that which hath wings will tell the matter.
And he will give the rain of thy seed with which thou shalt sow the ground; and bread, the produce of the ground, and it shall be fat and rich. In that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures;
And men appointed his grave with the wicked, but he was with the rich in his death, because he had done no violence, neither was there guile in his mouth.
Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches:
And Ephraim saith, Nevertheless I am become rich, I have found me out substance; in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
whose possessors slay them without being held guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah! for I am become rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.