13 Bible Verses about Drawbacks To Riches

Then said Jesus to his disciples, Verily I tell you, that a rich man shall with difficulty enter into the kingdom of heaven:

And Jesus looking round about saith to his disciples, How difficultly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, He said, How difficultly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God?

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.

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

Now there was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, living voluptuously and splendidly every day.

He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He hath sent away empty.

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:

So is he that heapeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.

Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten:

for in one hour is so great wealth laid waste. And every pilot, and all on board the ships, and the mariners, and all that traffic by sea, stood afar off,

because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. For when the sun is risen with it's sultry heat, it drieth up the grass, and the flower of, it falleth, and the beauty of it's appearance is lost: so shall the rich man fade away in his projects.

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.