Bible verses about "rich" | JuliaSmith

¹⁵ Ye shall not do evil in judgment; thou shalt not take up the face of the poor; thou shalt not reverence the face of the great: in justice shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

¹ Happy the man who went not in the counsel of the unjust, and he stood not in the way of the sinful, and sat not in the seat of those scoffing. ² But his delight is in the law of Jehovah, and in his law he will meditate day and night ³ And he was as a tree planted by the streams of water which will give its fruit in its time; his leaf shall not fall away, and all which he shall do shall be prospered. ⁴ Not so the unjust: but as the chaff which the wind shall drive away.

²⁰ A treasure desired, and oil in the house of the wise one; and the foolish man will swallow it down.

²⁴ None can serve two lords: for either he will hate one and love the other; or hold firmly to one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

³³ Sell your possessions, and give alms; make to yourselves purses not growing old, an inexhaustible treasure in the heavens, where the thief approaches not, nor moth corrupts. ³⁴ For where your treasure is, there also will be your heart.

¹ Come on now, ye rich, weep, uttering loud cries of grief for the misfortunes coming upon you. ² Your riches have become corrupted, and your garments have been moth eaten;

²² The good shall cause his sons' sons to inherit: and the wealth of him sinning was treasured up for the just.

¹⁹ Also every man which God gave to him wealth and riches, and permitted him to eat from it, and to lift up his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this the gift of God himself.

⁷ The rich one will rule over the poor, and he borrowing, a servant to the man lending.

²⁰ And he having lifted up his eyes upon his disciples, said, Happy the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God ²¹ Happy the hungering now: for ye shall be satisfied. Happy the weeping now: for ye shall laugh.

²⁸ He stealing let him steal no more: and rather let him be wearied from fatigue, working good with the hands, that he have to impart to him having need.

²⁴ And his disciples were amazed at his words. And Jesus again having answered, says to them, How difficult, children, is it for those trusting in property to enter into the kingdom of God! ²⁵ It is easier labor for a camel to come through the hole of a needle, than for a rich one to come into the kingdom of God.

¹⁷ To the rich now in this life, proclaim not to be highminded, nor to be hoping upon the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, offering us all things richly for profit;

³¹ Therefore be ye not anxious, saying: What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, What shall we put round us? ³² For all these the nations seek for; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these. ³³ But seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these shall be added to you.

¹⁹ A certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, being daily splendidly gladdened: ²⁰ And there was a certain beggar, Lazarus by name, who was cast at his gate, having been wounded, ²¹ And eagerly desirous to be fed from crumbs falling from the rich one's table: but also the dogs, coming, licked off his wounds. ²² And it was, the beggar died, and was carried by messengers into Abraham's bosom: and the rich one died also, and was buried; ²³ And in hades, having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham from far off, and Lazarus in his bosom. ²⁴ And he having called out, said, Father Abraham, pity me, and send Lazarus, that he might dip his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. ²⁵ But Abraham said, Child, remember that thou didst receive thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus likewise evil things: and now here is he comforted, and thou art tormented. ²⁶ And besides all these, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed: so that they wishing to pass through thence to you could not; neither could they cross over from thence to us. ²⁷ And he said, Then I ask thee, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: ²⁸ For I have five brethren; that he might testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment. ²⁹ Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. ³⁰ And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if some one from the dead go to them, they will change the mind. ³¹ And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither if any rise from the dead, will they be persueded.

²² The blessing of Jehovah it will make rich, and it will not add pain with it

⁵ The disposition exempt from avarice; being contented with present circumstances: for he has said, I will not send thee back, nor forsake thee.

¹⁹ Treasure not up to you treasures upon earth, where moth and gnawing destroy, and thieves dig through and steal: ²⁰ But treasure to you treasures in heaven, where neither moth, nor gnawing destroy; and where thieves dig not through, nor steal. ²¹ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

⁶ But devotion with contentment is great gain. ⁷ For we brought nothing into the world, it is manifest that neither are we able to carry anything out. ⁸ And having sustenance and covering, with these let us be contented. ⁹ And they wishing to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many eager desires, unwise and hurtful, which sink men into ruin and perdition.