'Rich' in the Bible

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

that I will not take a thread or a sandal thong or anything that is yours, for fear you would say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

The Lord has greatly blessed my master, so that he has become rich; and He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and maids, and camels and donkeys.

and the man became rich, and continued to grow richer until he became very wealthy;

“As for Asher, his food shall be rich,And he will yield royal dainties.

The rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than the half shekel, when you give the contribution to the Lord to make atonement for yourselves.

“You who ride on white donkeys,You who sit on rich carpets,And you who travel on the road—sing!

Then he said, “May you be blessed of the Lord, my daughter. You have shown your last kindness to be better than the first by not going after young men, whether poor or rich.

“The Lord makes poor and rich;He brings low, He also exalts.

Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; and the man was very rich, and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And it came about while he was shearing his sheep in Carmel

Then the Lord sent Nathan to David. And he came to him and said,“There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor.

“The rich man had a great many flocks and herds.

“Now a traveler came to the rich man,And he was unwilling to take from his own flock or his own herd,To prepare for the wayfarer who had come to him;Rather he took the poor man’s ewe lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”

They found rich and good pasture, and the land was broad and quiet and peaceful; for those who lived there formerly were Hamites.

“But they, in their own kingdom,With Your great goodness which You gave them,With the broad and rich land which You set before them,Did not serve You or turn from their evil deeds.

“He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;And his grain will not bend down to the ground.

“He lies down rich, but never again;He opens his eyes, and it is no longer.

Who shows no partiality to princesNor regards the rich above the poor,For they all are the work of His hands?

The daughter of Tyre will come with a gift;The rich among the people will seek your favor.

Both low and high,Rich and poor together.

Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich,When the glory of his house is increased;

Poor is he who works with a negligent hand,But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

The rich man’s wealth is his fortress,The ruin of the poor is their poverty.

It is the blessing of the Lord that makes rich,And He adds no sorrow to it.

There is one who pretends to be rich, but has nothing;Another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth.

The poor is hated even by his neighbor,But those who love the rich are many.

A rich man’s wealth is his strong city,And like a high wall in his own imagination.

The poor man utters supplications,But the rich man answers roughly.

He who loves pleasure will become a poor man;He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

The rich and the poor have a common bond,The Lord is the maker of them all.

The rich rules over the poor,And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.

He who oppresses the poor to make more for himselfOr who gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrityThan he who is crooked though he be rich.

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

A faithful man will abound with blessings,But he who makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished.

The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.

folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places.

Furthermore, in your bedchamber do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man, for a bird of the heavens will carry the sound and the winged creature will make the matter known.

Then He will give you rain for the seed which you will sow in the ground, and bread from the yield of the ground, and it will be rich and plenteous; on that day your livestock will graze in a roomy pasture.

His grave was assigned with wicked men,Yet He was with a rich man in His death,Because He had done no violence,Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.

‘Like a cage full of birds,So their houses are full of deceit;Therefore they have become great and rich.

Thus says the Lord, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches;

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

And Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich,I have found wealth for myself;In all my labors they will find in meNo iniquity, which would be sin.”

“For the rich men of the city are full of violence,Her residents speak lies,And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

“Will not all of these take up a taunt-song against him,Even mockery and insinuations against himAnd say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his—For how long—And makes himself rich with loans?’

Those who buy them slay them and go unpunished, and each of those who sell them says, ‘Blessed be the Lord, for I have become rich!’ And their own shepherds have no pity on them.

And Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I say to you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

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

And He sat down opposite the treasury, and began observing how the people were putting money into the treasury; and many rich people were putting in large sums.

“He has filled the hungry with good things;And sent away the rich empty-handed.

But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full.

And He told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man was very productive.

So is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

And He also went on to say to the one who had invited Him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you in return and that will be your repayment.

Now He was also saying to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions.

“Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day.

and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man’s table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores.

Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.

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

For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich.

And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury.

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree,

You are already filled, you have already become rich, you have become kings without us; and indeed, I wish that you had become kings so that we also might reign with you.

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

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction.

Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.

Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,

and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.

For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.

Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of 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. Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court?

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.

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

Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,

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

Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;

And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,

For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the passion of her immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the wealth of her sensuality.”

The merchants of these things, who became rich from her, will stand at a distance because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,

And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships at sea became rich by her wealth, for in one hour she has been laid waste!’