'Riches' in the Bible

and said to them, “Return to your tents with great riches and with very much livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and with very many clothes; divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.”

The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? Surely he is coming up to defy Israel. And it will be that the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his father’s house free in Israel.”

God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing and have not asked for yourself long life, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to understand justice,

I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you all your days.

So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone.

Then he died in a ripe old age, full of days, riches and honor; and his son Solomon reigned in his place.

God said to Solomon, “Because you had this in mind, and did not ask for riches, wealth or honor, or the life of those who hate you, nor have you even asked for long life, but you have asked for yourself wisdom and knowledge that you may rule My people over whom I have made you king,

wisdom and knowledge have been granted to you. And I will give you riches and wealth and honor, such as none of the kings who were before you has possessed nor those who will come after you.”

So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

So the Lord established the kingdom in his control, and all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had great riches and honor.

Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor; and he allied himself by marriage with Ahab.

Now Hezekiah had immense riches and honor; and he made for himself treasuries for silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields and all kinds of valuable articles,

And he displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his great majesty for many days, 180 days.

Then Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, and the number of his sons, and every instance where the king had magnified him and how he had promoted him above the princes and servants of the king.

“He swallows riches,But will vomit them up;God will expel them from his belly.

“He returns what he has attainedAnd cannot swallow it;As to the riches of his trading,He cannot even enjoy them.

“Will your riches keep you from distress,Or all the forces of your strength?

“Surely every man walks about as a phantom;Surely they make an uproar for nothing;He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

Even those who trust in their wealthAnd boast in the abundance of their riches?

“Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge,But trusted in the abundance of his richesAnd was strong in his evil desire.”

Do not trust in oppressionAnd do not vainly hope in robbery;If riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

Wealth and riches are in his house,And his righteousness endures forever.

I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies,As much as in all riches.

Long life is in her right hand;In her left hand are riches and honor.

“Riches and honor are with me,Enduring wealth and righteousness.

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,But righteousness delivers from death.

A gracious woman attains honor,And ruthless men attain riches.

He who trusts in his riches will fall,But the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.

The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth,But the poor hears no rebuke.

The crown of the wise is their riches,But the folly of fools is foolishness.

A good name is to be more desired than great wealth,Favor is better than silver and gold.

The reward of humility and the fear of the LordAre riches, honor and life.

And by knowledge the rooms are filledWith all precious and pleasant riches.

For riches are not forever,Nor does a crown endure to all generations.

Keep deception and lies far from me,Give me neither poverty nor riches;Feed me with the food that is my portion,

There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, “And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?” This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.

When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him.

Furthermore, as for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.

a man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor so that his soul lacks nothing of all that he desires; yet God has not empowered him to eat from them, for a foreigner enjoys them. This is vanity and a severe affliction.

“Many waters cannot quench love,Nor will rivers overflow it;If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love,It would be utterly despised.”

And my hand reached to the riches of the peoples like a nest,And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth;And there was not one that flapped its wing or opened its beak or chirped.”

The oracle concerning the beasts of the Negev.Through a land of distress and anguish,From where come lioness and lion, viper and flying serpent,They carry their riches on the backs of young donkeysAnd their treasures on camels’ humps,To a people who cannot profit them;

But you will be called the priests of the Lord;You will be spoken of as ministers of our God.You will eat the wealth of nations,And in their riches you will boast.

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;

Also they will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise, break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses, and throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water.

“By your wisdom and understandingYou have acquired riches for yourselfAnd have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.

“By your great wisdom, by your tradeYou have increased your richesAnd your heart is lifted up because of your riches—

And now I will tell you the truth. Behold, three more kings are going to arise in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, he will arouse the whole empire against the realm of Greece.

And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word, and the worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

The seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?

Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory,

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him;

Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fulfillment be!

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ,

that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man,

And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

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.

considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward.

Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten.

saying with a loud voice,“Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.”