Bible verses about "rich" | Goodspeed

²⁴ No slave can belong to two masters, for he will either hate one and love the other, or stand by one and make light of the other. You cannot serve God and money.

³³ Sell what belongs to you, and give away the money! Get yourselves purses that will never wear out, inexhaustible riches in heaven, where thieves cannot get near nor moths destroy. ³⁴ For wherever your treasure is, your heart will be too.

¹ Come now, you rich people! weep aloud and howl over the miseries that are going to overtake you! ² Your wealth has rotted, your clothes are moth-eaten,

²⁰ Then he fixed his eyes on his disciples, and said, "Blessed are you who are poor, for the Kingdom of God is yours! ²¹ "Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be satisfied! "Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh!

²⁸ The man who stole must not steal any more; he must work with his hands at honest toil instead, so as to have something to share with those who are in need.

²⁴ But the disciples were amazed at what he said. And Jesus said to them again, "My children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God! ²⁵ It is easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of God!"

¹⁷ Charge the rich of this world not to be arrogant, nor to set their hopes on such an uncertain thing as riches, but on God who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

³¹ So do not worry and say, 'What shall we have to eat?' or 'What shall we have to drink?' or 'What shall we have to wear?' ³² For these are all things the heathen are in pursuit of, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need all this. ³³ But you must make his kingdom, and uprightness before him, your greatest care, and you will have all these other things besides.

¹⁹ "There was once a rich man, who used to dress in purple and fine linen, and to live in luxury every day. ²⁰ And a beggar named Lazarus was put down at his gate covered with sores ²¹ and eager to satisfy his hunger with what was thrown away from the rich man's table. Why, the very dogs came and licked his sores. ²² And it came about that the beggar died and was carried away by the angels to the companionship of Abraham, and the rich man too died and was buried. ²³ And in Hades he looked up, tormented as he was, and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus beside him. ²⁴ And he called to him and said, 'Father Abraham! take pity on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in torment, here in the flames!' ²⁵ And Abraham said, 'My child, remember that you received your blessings in your lifetime, and Lazarus had his misfortunes in his; and now he is being comforted here, while you are in anguish. ²⁶ Besides there is a great chasm set between you and us, so that those who want to go over from this side to you cannot, and they cannot cross from your side to us.' ²⁷ And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house, ²⁸ for I have five brothers; let him warn them so that they will not also come to this place of torture.' ²⁹ Abraham answered, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them listen to them.' ³⁰ But he said, 'No! Father Abraham, but if someone will go to them from the dead, they will repent!' ³¹ He answered, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead!' "

⁵ You must not be avaricious; you must be content with what you have, for God himself has said, "I will never let go of you or desert you!"

¹⁹ "Do not store up your riches on earth, where moths and rust destroy them, and where thieves break in and steal them, ²⁰ but store up your riches in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy them, and where thieves cannot break in and steal them. ²¹ For wherever your treasure is, your heart will be also.

⁶ And religion with contentment is a great means of gain. ⁷ For we bring nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. ⁸ If we have food and clothing we will be satisfied. ⁹ But men who want to get rich fall into temptations and snares and many foolish, harmful cravings, that plunge people into destruction and ruin.