'Rich' in the Bible

that I will take nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can never say, 'It is I who made Abram rich.'

Jacob heard that Laban's sons were complaining, "Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father! He has gotten rich at our father's expense!"

Asher's food will be rich, and he will provide delicacies to royalty.

The rich are not to increase it, and the poor are not to pay less than the half shekel when giving the offering of the Lord, to make atonement for your lives.

"'You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether or not there are forests in it. And be brave, and bring back some of the fruit of the land." Now it was the time of year for the first ripe grapes.

Indeed, for forty years the Israelites traveled through the desert until all the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt, the ones who had disobeyed the Lord, died off. For the Lord had sworn a solemn oath to them that he would not let them see the land he had sworn on oath to give them, a land rich in milk and honey.

Micah said, "Now I know God will make me rich, because I have this Levite as my priest."

He said, "May you be rewarded by the Lord, my dear! This act of devotion is greater than what you did before. For you have not sought to marry one of the young men, whether rich or poor.

So the Lord sent Nathan to David. When he came to David, Nathan said, "There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.

The rich man had a great many flocks and herds.

"When a traveler arrived at the rich man's home, he did not want to use one of his own sheep or cattle to feed the traveler who had come to visit him. Instead, he took the poor man's lamb and cooked it for the man who had come to visit him."

But Barzillai was very old -- eighty years old, in fact -- and he had taken care of the king when he stayed in Mahanaim, for he was a very rich man.

They found fertile and rich pasture; the land was very broad, undisturbed and peaceful. Indeed some Hamites had been living there prior to that.

He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

who shows no partiality to princes, and does not take note of the rich more than the poor, because all of them are the work of his hands?

And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food.

Yes, your servant finds moral guidance there; those who obey them receive a rich reward.

For you bring him rich blessings; you place a golden crown on his head.

Rich people from Tyre will seek your favor by bringing a gift.

Pay attention, all you people, both rich and poor!

Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich and his wealth multiplies!

You visit the earth and give it rain; you make it rich and fertile with overflowing streams full of water. You provide grain for them, for you prepare the earth to yield its crops.

The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

The blessing from the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

A poor person is disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.

The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.

A poor person makes supplications, but a rich man answers harshly.

The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the creator of them both.

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich -- both end up only in poverty.

Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

A rich person is wise in his own eyes, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.

The sleep of the laborer is pleasant -- whether he eats little or much -- but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

Do not curse a king even in your thoughts, and do not curse the rich while in your bedroom; for a bird might report what you are thinking, or some winged creature might repeat your words.

Lambs will graze as if in their pastures, amid the ruins the rich sojourners will graze.

The splendid crown of Ephraim's drunkards is doomed, the withering flower, its beautiful splendor, situated at the head of a rich valley, the crown of those overcome with wine.

The withering flower, its beautiful splendor, situated at the head of a rich valley, will be like an early fig before harvest -- as soon as someone notices it, he grabs it and swallows it.

They intended to bury him with criminals, but he ended up in a rich man's tomb, because he had committed no violent deeds, nor had he spoken deceitfully.

I brought you into a fertile land so you could enjoy its fruits and its rich bounty. But when you entered my land, you defiled it; you made the land I call my own loathsome to me.

Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful.

The Lord says, "Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich.

Rich and poor alike will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned. People will not cut their bodies or shave off their hair to show their grief for them.

"You who live along the rivers of Babylon, the time of your end has come. You who are rich in plundered treasure, it is time for your lives to be cut off.

"Son of man, because Tyre has said about Jerusalem, 'Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I will become rich, now that she has been destroyed,'

In a good pasture I will feed them; the mountain heights of Israel will be their pasture. There they will lie down in a lush pasture, and they will feed on rich grass on the mountains of Israel.

Now I will tell you the truth."Three more kings will arise for Persia. Then a fourth king will be unusually rich, more so than all who preceded him. When he has amassed power through his riches, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.

Ephraim boasts, "I am very rich! I have become wealthy! In all that I have done to gain my wealth, no one can accuse me of any offense that is actually sinful."

The city's rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; her inhabitants lie, their tongues speak deceptive words.

"But all these nations will someday taunt him and ridicule him with proverbial sayings: 'The one who accumulates what does not belong to him is as good as dead (How long will this go on?) -- he who gets rich by extortion!'

Those who buy them slaughter them and are not held guilty; those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich.' Their own shepherds have no compassion for them.

But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven!

Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God."

Now when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus.

But at this statement, the man looked sad and went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.

Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!"

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."

Then he sat down opposite the offering box, and watched the crowd putting coins into it. Many rich people were throwing in large amounts.

he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty.

"But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort already.

He then told them a parable: "The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,

So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God."

He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you host a dinner or a banquet, don't invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.

Jesus also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.

"There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

who longed to eat what fell from the rich man's table. In addition, the dogs came and licked his sores.

"Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.

So the rich man said, 'Then I beg you, father -- send Lazarus to my father's house

Then the rich man said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'

When Jesus noticed this, he said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."

Now a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector and was rich.

Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box.

For you were made rich in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge --

Already you are satisfied! Already you are rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you had become kings so that we could reign with you!

as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

Command those who are rich in this world's goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

Tell them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, to be generous givers, sharing with others.

But the rich person's pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.

For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?

Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.

May grace and peace be lavished on you as you grow in the rich knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord!

I can pray this because his divine power has bestowed on us everything necessary for life and godliness through the rich knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence.

For if after they have escaped the filthy things of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again get entangled in them and succumb to them, their last state has become worse for them than their first.

I know the distress you are suffering and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

Because you say, "I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing," but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,

take my advice and buy gold from me refined by fire so you can become rich! Buy from me white clothing so you can be clothed and your shameful nakedness will not be exposed, and buy eye salve to put on your eyes so you can see!

Then the kings of the earth, the very important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

He also caused everyone (small and great, rich and poor, free and slave) to obtain a mark on their right hand or on their forehead.

For all the nations have fallen from the wine of her immoral passion, and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have gotten rich from the power of her sensual behavior."