32 Bible Verses about Wealthy People
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The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering to the LORD to make an atonement for your souls.
And he spoke to them, saying, Return with much riches to your tents, and with very many cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.
O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thy end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death: because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
And now will I show thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they who are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
Then said he also to him that invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbors; lest they also invite thee again, and a recompense be made thee.
And he said also to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward; and the same was accused to him that he had wasted his goods.
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly, and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses.
When he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even a hundred and eighty days.
Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim: for he was a very great man.
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
And Ephraim said, Yet I have become rich, I have found for myself substance: in all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that were sin.
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together: and the land wherein they were strangers could not sustain them, because of their cattle.
And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
And the man became great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
And the man increased exceedingly, and had many cattle, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses.
And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and men-servants, and women-servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
When the evening was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus.
And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honor: so that there shall not be any among the kings like to thee all thy days,
Howbeit, I believed not the words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it: and behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.
So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
And behold, there was a man named Zaccheus, who was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
Bible Theasaurus
- Wealthy (56 instances)