'Rich' in the Bible
{that neither a thread nor} a thong of a sandal would I take from all that [belongs] to you, that you might not say, 'I made Abram rich.'
And the man became {exceedingly} rich and had large flocks, female slaves, male slaves, camels, and donkeys.
The rich will not give more, and the poor will not give less than the half shekel to give the contribution of Yahweh to make atonement for their lives.
Yahweh shall open for you his {rich} storehouse, [even] the heavens, to give the rain for your land in its time and to bless all of the work of your hand, and you will lend to many nations; you will not borrow [from them].
{Now} Naomi {had a relative of her husband}, {a prominent rich man} from the clan of Elimelech, [whose] name was Boaz.
And he said, "You [are] blessed by Yahweh my daughter. You did better [in this] last kindness than the first by not going after young men, whether poor or rich.
Yahweh makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and also exalts.
And the men of Israel said, "Did you see this man who has come up? For he [is] going up to defy Israel! It will be [that] the man who defeats him, the king will make him very rich with great wealth and will give him his daughter [in marriage] and will make his father's house free in Israel."
Now there was a man in Maon, whose business [was] in Carmel. The man was very rich and {owned} three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. {Now} the shearing of his sheep [was taking place] in Carmel.
So Yahweh sent Nathan to David, and he came to him and said, "Two men were in a certain city; one [was] rich and the other [was] poor.
And a visitor came to the rich man, but he {was reluctant} to take from his flocks or from his herds to prepare a meal for the traveler when he came to him. So he took the ewe lamb of the poor man and prepared it for the man who had come to him."
Menahem exacted the money from Israel, from all {the very rich}, to give to the king of Assyria fifty shekels of silver for each one. Then the king of Assyria returned and did not stay there in the land.
Its rich yield goes to the kings whom you have given over us because of our sins, and [they are] ruling over our dead bodies and our livestock at their pleasure. We are in great trouble.
He will not become rich, and his wealth will not endure, and their possessions will not stretch across the earth.
Even the daughter of Tyre [will come] with a gift. [The] rich from among people will seek your {favor}.
Do not fear when a man becomes rich, when the wealth of his house increases,
The wealth of the rich [is] the city of his strength; the ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.
The blessing of Yahweh makes [one] rich, and he does not increase sorrow with it.
There is one who acts rich but {has nothing}; another who pretends to be poor but [has] wealth.
The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the lovers of the rich are many.
The wealth of the rich [is] {his strong city}, and like a wall, it is high in his imagination.
The poor may speak entreaties, but the rich will answer roughly.
A man of want [is] he who loves pleasure; he who loves wine and oil will not become rich.
Rich and poor have [much] in common; Yahweh is the maker of all of them.
The rich will rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave of {the lender}.
He who oppresses the poor [in order] to enrich himself, [or] gives to the rich, {will come to poverty}.
Do not tire [in order] to become rich; out of your understanding, [may you] desist
Better [to be] poor and walking in one's integrity than to be crooked of ways when one [is] rich.
A man of faithfulness [has] abundant blessings, but he who hurries to become rich will not go unpunished.
The sleep of the laborer [is] pleasant, whether he eats little or much, but the wealth of the rich man does not allow him to rest.
The fool is set in many high places, but the rich sit in lowly places.
Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, and do not curse the rich even in your own bedroom, for a bird of the sky may carry your voice; a winged messenger may repeat your words.
And this shall happen: There will be a stench instead of perfume, and a rope instead of a sash, and baldness instead of a well-set hairdo, and a clothing wrap of sackcloth instead of a rich robe, branding instead of beauty.
And on this mountain Yahweh of hosts will make for all peoples a {rich feast}, a feast of aged wines, fat filled with marrow, filtered aged wine.
Ah! The garland of the pride of the drunkards of Ephraim and [the] withering flower of the glory of his beauty, which [is] at [the] head of {the rich valley}, {ones overcome} with wine!
and [the] withering flower of the glory of its beauty which [is] at [the] head of {the rich valley} will be like its early fig before summer, {which the one who sees it swallows} while it [is] still in his hand.
And he will give rain for your seed [with] which you sow the ground, and grain, the produce of the ground, and it will be rich and {fertile}. On that day, your cattle will graze [in] broad pastures;
He made his grave with [the] wicked, and with [the] rich in his death, although he had done no violence, and [there was] no deceit in his mouth.
Why do you weigh out money for [what is] not food, and your labor for {what cannot satisfy}? Listen carefully to me, and eat [what is] good, and let your soul take pleasure in {rich} food.
Like a cage full of birds, so their houses [are] full of fraud. {Therefore} they have become great, and they have become rich.
[O you who] live by mighty waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, {the measure of your life}.
When your merchandise went out from [the] seas, you satisfied many peoples with the abundance of your wealth, and [by] your wares you made rich [the] kings of [the] world.
In [a time of] ease and in [the] rich parts of [the] province, he will come and he will do what {his predecessors} did not do; he will distribute plunder and spoil and possessions to them, and he will devise his plans against fortifications, but [only] {for a time}.
And Ephraim said, "Surely, I am rich, I gained wealth for myself; in all my toil they have not found guilt in me that is [sin].
Because her rich are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.
Therefore he sacrifices to his fishnet and makes offerings to his dragnet, for by them {he makes a good living} and his food [is] rich.
And he answered and said to the ones standing {before} him, saying, "Remove the filthy garments from him." And he said to him, "See, I have taken away your guilt from you, and will clothe you [with] rich garments."
The ones buying them kill them and go unpunished, and the ones selling them say, 'Blessed [be] Yahweh, for I have become rich.' Their own shepherds have no compassion for them.