Bible verses about "rich" | Worsley

²⁴ No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or at lest he will be attached to the one, and neglect the other: ye cannot serve God and mammon:

³³ Sell what ye have, and give alms: provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a never-failing treasure in the heavens, where no thief approacheth nor moth corrupteth: ³⁴ for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

¹ Weep now, ye rich men, and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. ² Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten:

²⁰ And lifting up his eyes on his disciples He said, Blessed are ye though poor; for the kingdom of God is yours. ²¹ Blessed are ye that hunger now; for ye shall be satisfied. Blessed are ye that weep now; for ye shall laugh.

²⁸ Let him that stole steal no more; but rather let him labour, doing some good with his hands, that he may have something to bestow on him that hath need of it.

²⁴ And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus repeating it, saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them, that trust in riches, to enter into the kingdom of God! ²⁵ It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

¹⁷ Charge them, that are rich in this world, not to be high-minded nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who richly affords us all things for enjoyment: charge them to do good,

³¹ Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or how shall we be clothed? ³² (things which the heathens are so inquisitive after) for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these. ³³ But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these shall be superadded unto you.

¹⁹ Now there was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, living voluptuously and splendidly every day. ²⁰ And there was a poor man named Lazarus, ²¹ who was laid at his gate full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table: and the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass that the poor man died, ²² and was carried by angels to Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried. ²³ And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham from afar, and Lazarus in his bosom. ²⁴ And he cried out and said, Father Abraham, have pity on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. ²⁵ And Abraham said, Son, remember that thou receivedst thy good things in thy life-time, and likewise Lazarus his evils: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. ²⁶ And besides, there is a great gulf fixed between us and you; so that they, who would pass from hence to you, cannot; nor can they pass to us, who would come from thence. ²⁷ Then he said, Therefore I intreat thee, Father, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house: ²⁸ for I have five brethren; that he may testify to them my misery, least they also come into this place of torment. ²⁹ Abraham answered him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them: ³⁰ and he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if one went to them from the dead, they will repent. ³¹ And he replied, If they hearken not to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one should rise from the dead.

⁵ Let your conversation be free from covetousness, and be contented with what ye have: for He hath said, I will not leave thee; I will never, never forsake thee.

¹⁹ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust corrupts, and where thieves break through and steal: ²⁰ but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: ²¹ for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

⁶ But godliness with contentment is great gain. ⁷ For we brought nothing into the world, and it is certain that we can carry nothing out: ⁸ having therefore food and raiment, let us be herewith content. ⁹ But they, that will be rich, fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into ruin and perdition.