Bible verses about "rich" | Twentieth_Century

²⁴ No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will attach himself to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

³³ Sell what belongs to you, and give in charity. Make yourselves purses that will not wear out--an inexhaustible treasure in Heaven, where no thief comes near, or moth works ruin. ³⁴ For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.

¹ Listen to me, you rich men, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming upon you! ² Your riches have wasted away, and your clothes have become moth-eaten.

²⁰ Then, raising his eyes and looking at his disciples, Jesus spoke as follows: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God. ²¹ Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

²⁸ Let the man who steals steal no longer, but rather let him toil with his hands at honest work, so that he may have something to share with any one in want.

²⁴ The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again: "My children, how hard a thing it is to enter the Kingdom of God! ²⁵ It is easier for a camel to get through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God."

¹⁷ Urge upon those who are wealthy in this life not to pride themselves, or fix their hopes, on so uncertain a thing as wealth, but on God, who gives us a wealth of enjoyment on every side.

³¹ Do not then ask anxiously 'What can we get to eat?' or 'What can we get to drink?' or 'What can we get to wear?' ³² All these are the things for which the nations are seeking, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. ³³ But first seek his Kingdom and the righteousness that he requires, and then all these things shall be added for you.

¹⁹ There was once a rich man, who dressed in purple robes and fine linen, and feasted every day in great splendor. ²⁰ Near his gateway there had been laid a beggar named Lazarus, who was covered with sores, ²¹ And who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man's table. Even the very dogs came and licked his sores. ²² After a time the beggar died, and was taken by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. ²³ In the Place of Death he looked up in his torment, and saw Abraham at a distance and Lazarus at his side. ²⁴ So he called out 'Pity me, Father Abraham, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering agony in this flame.' ²⁵ 'Child,' answered Abraham, 'remember that you in your lifetime received what you thought desirable, just as Lazarus received what was not desirable; but now he has his consolation here, while you are suffering agony. ²⁶ And not only that, but between you and us there lies a great chasm, so that those who wish to pass from here to you cannot, nor can they cross from there to us.' ²⁷ 'Then, Father,' he said, 'I beg you to send Lazarus to my father's house-- ²⁸ For I have five brothers to warn them, so that they may not come to this place of torture also.' ²⁹ 'They have the writings of Moses and the Prophets,' replied Abraham; 'let them listen to them.' ³⁰ 'But, Father Abraham,' he urged, 'if some one from the dead were to go to them, they would repent.' ³¹ 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets,' answered Abraham, 'they will not be persuaded, even if some one were to rise from the dead.'"

⁵ Do not let your conduct be ruled by the love of money. Be content with what you have, for God himself has said-- 'I will never forsake you, nor will I ever abandon you.'

¹⁹ Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. ²⁰ But store up treasures for yourselves in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal. ²¹ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

⁶ And a great source of gain religion is, when it brings contentment with it! ⁷ For we brought nothing into the world, because we cannot even carry anything out of it. ⁸ So, with food and shelter, we will be content. ⁹ Those who want to be rich fall into the snares of temptation, and become the prey of many foolish and harmful ambitions, which plunge people into Destruction and Ruin.