'Rich' in the Bible

Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'

"Asher's food will be rich. He will yield royal dainties.

The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.

"'If an alien or temporary resident with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him has grown poor, and sells himself to the stranger or foreigner living among you, or to a member of the stranger's family;

or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any who is a close relative to him of his family may redeem him; or if he has grown rich, he may redeem himself.

"Tell [of it], you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.

He said, "Blessed are you by Yahweh, my daughter. You have shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as you didn't follow young men, whether poor or rich.

Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.

Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, "There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

The rich man had very many flocks and herds,

A traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man who had come to him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man who had come to him."

They took fortified cities, and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled, became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.

For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them, neither did they turn from their wicked works.

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.

Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, nor respects the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.

All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can't keep his soul alive.

The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor.

both low and high, rich and poor together.

Don't be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

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

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

Don't curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don't curse the rich in your bedroom: for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.

Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich.

He will give the rain for your seed, with which you will sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground will be rich and plentiful. In that day, your livestock will feed in large pastures.

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 have become great, and grew rich.

Thus says Yahweh, Don't let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don't let the rich man glory in his riches;

These were your traffickers in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and embroidered work, and in chests of rich clothing, bound with cords and made of cedar, among your merchandise.

Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin."

Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

He answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, "Take the filthy garments off of him." To him he said, "Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich clothing."

Their buyers slaughter them, and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, 'Blessed be Yahweh, for I am rich;' and their own shepherds don't pity them.

Jesus said to his disciples, "Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.

Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."

When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus' disciple came.

It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."

Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much.

He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.

"But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.

He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.

He also said to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

"Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

It happened that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.

But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich.

For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."

There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury.

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him.

You are already filled. You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish that you did reign, that we also might reign with you.

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

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

But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.

For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

But you have dishonored the poor man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.

"I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;' and don't know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.

The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.

He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to be given marks on their right hands, or on their foreheads;

For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality, the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from the abundance of her luxury."

The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, will stand far away for the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning;

They cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her great wealth!' For in one hour is she made desolate.