'Rich' in the Bible

from a thread even unto a shoe-latchet I take not of anything which thou hast, that thou say not, I -- I have made Abram rich;

the rich doth not multiply, and the poor doth not diminish from the half-shekel, to give the heave-offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.

And he saith, 'Blessed art thou of Jehovah, my daughter; thou hast dealt more kindly at the latter end than at the beginning -- not to go after the young men, either poor or rich.

Jehovah dispossesseth, and He maketh rich, He maketh low, yea, He maketh high.

And Jehovah sendeth Nathan unto David, and he cometh unto him, and saith to him: 'Two men have been in one city; One rich and one poor;

The rich hath flocks and herds very many;

And there cometh a traveller to the rich man, And he spareth to take Of his own flock, and of his own herd, To prepare for the traveller Who hath come to him, And he taketh the ewe-lamb of the poor man, And prepareth it for the man Who hath come unto him.'

He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.

Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.

That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands are all of them.

And the daughter of Tyre with a present, The rich of the people do appease thy face.

Both low and high, together rich and needy.

Thou hast inspected the earth, and waterest it, Thou makest it very rich, the rivulet of God is full of water, Thou preparest their corn, When thus Thou dost prepare it,

Poor is he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The wealth of the rich is his strong city, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.

The blessing of Jehovah -- it maketh rich, And He addeth no grief with it.

There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth is abundant.

Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich are many.

The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.

With supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.

Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all is Jehovah.

The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant is the borrower to the lender.

He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

Better is the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.

A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.

He hath set the fool in many high places, And the rich in a low place do sit.

Even in thy mind a king revile not, And in the inner parts of thy bed-chamber Revile not the rich: For a fowl of the heavens causeth the voice to go, And a possessor of wings declareth the word.

A fool is no more called 'noble,' And to a miser it is not said, 'rich;'

And it appointeth with the wicked his grave, And with the rich are his high places, Because he hath done no violence, Nor is deceit in his mouth.

As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.

Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,

They are thy merchants for perfect things, For wrappings of blue, and embroidery, And for treasuries of rich apparel, With cords bound and girded, for thy merchandise,

With the outgoing of thy remnants from the seas, Thou hast filled many peoples, With the abundance of thy riches, and thy merchandise, Thou hast made rich things of earth.

And Ephraim saith: 'Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours -- they find not against me iniquity that is sin.'

Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Whose buyers slay them, and are not guilty, And their sellers say, Blessed is Jehovah, And I am rich, And their shepherds have no pity on them.

and Jesus said to his disciples, 'Verily I say to you, that hardly shall a rich man enter into the reign of the heavens;

and again I say to you, it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to go, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.'

And evening having come, there came a rich man, from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was discipled to Jesus,

It is easier for a camel through the eye of the needle to enter, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.'

And Jesus having sat down over-against the treasury, was beholding how the multitude do put brass into the treasury, and many rich were putting in much,

The hungry He did fill with good, And the rich He sent away empty,

But woe to you -- the rich, because ye have got your comfort.

And he spake a simile unto them, saying, 'Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

so is he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

And he said also to him who did call him, 'When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;

And he said also unto his disciples, 'A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods;

And -- a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,

and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.

And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers to the bosom of Abraham -- and the rich man also died, and was buried;

and he, having heard these things, became very sorrowful, for he was exceeding rich.

for it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to enter, than for a rich man into the reign of God to enter.'

and lo, a man, by name called Zaccheus, and he was a chief tax-gatherer, and he was rich,

And having looked up, he saw those who did cast their gifts to the treasury -- rich men,

for there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord of all is rich to all those calling upon Him,

Already ye are having been filled, already ye were rich, apart from us ye did reign, and I would also ye did reign, that we also with you may reign together,

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

for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor -- being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.

and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us,

and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

to do good, to be rich in good works, to be ready to impart, willing to communicate,

and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;

for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!

Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?

and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;

Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you;

I have known thy works, and tribulation, and poverty -- yet thou art rich -- and the evil-speaking of those saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but are a synagogue of the Adversary.

because thou sayest -- I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,

I counsel thee to buy from me gold fired by fire, that thou mayest be rich, and white garments that thou mayest be arrayed, and the shame of thy nakedness may not be manifest, and with eye-salve anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.

and the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich, and the chiefs of thousands, and the mighty, and every servant, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens, and in the rocks of the mountains,

And it maketh all, the small, and the great, and the rich, and the poor, and the freemen, and the servants, that it may give to them a mark upon their right hand or upon their foreheads,

because of the wine of the wrath of her whoredom have all the nations drunk, and the kings of the earth with her did commit whoredom, and merchants of the earth from the power of her revel were made rich.

The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, far off shall stand because of the fear of her torment, weeping, and sorrowing,

and they did cast dust upon their heads, and were crying out, weeping and sorrowing, saying, Woe, woe, the great city! in which were made rich all having ships in the sea, out of her costliness -- for in one hour was she made waste.