13 Bible Verses about Drawbacks To Riches

And Jesus said to his disciples, I tell you truly, that a rich man will enter into the kingdom of heaven with difficulty.

And Jesus looking around said to his disciples, With what difficulty shall those having riches enter into the kingdom of God!

And Jesus seeing him, said, With what difficulty do those who have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

It is easier for a camel to enter through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

There was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day.

he has filled the hungry with goods, and sent the rich away empty.

No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the first, and love the other, or he will adhere to the first, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and riches.

So is every one that lays up treasures for himself and is not rich in God.

Your riches have decayed, and your garments are moth-eaten,

for in one hour are so great riches made a desolation. And every sailing-master and every one who sails to the place, and sailors and all that work on the sea, shall stand afar off,

and the rich in his humiliation, for he shall pass away like a flower of the grass. For the sun rose hot, and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its appearance perished; so also shall the rich man perish in his ways.

But those who wish to be rich fall into trial and a snare, and many foolish and injurious desires, which plunge men into destruction and perdition.