'Rich' in the Bible

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.