'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;
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.
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.