'Wealth' in the Bible

To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth;

Their wealth perishes with them, doesn't it? They die, and do so without having wisdom, don't they?"

The hungry consume his harvest,even taking it out of the thorns.The thirsty pant for his children’s wealth.

Have I ever said: “Give me something”or “Pay a bribe for me from your wealth”

There is wealth in the tents of those who make destruction, and those by whom God is moved to wrath are safe; even those whose god is their strength.

He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure.His possessions will not increase in the land.

His wealth will become hunger, and disaster is ready for his stumbling.

His children will beg from the poor,for his own hands must give back his wealth.

He swallows wealth but must vomit it up;God will force it from his stomach.

“He sucks the poison of vipers [which ill-gotten wealth contains];The viper’s tongue slays him.

“He does not look at the rivers,The flowing streams of honey and butter [to enjoy his wealth].

He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce.

There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.

Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.

All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent.

"Why do the wicked live to reach old age and increase in power and wealth, too?

They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

Surely our enemies are destroyed, and fire consumes their wealth.'

They get mixed grain from the field, and they take away the late fruit from the vines of those who have wealth.

“He lies down rich, but never will again;He opens his eyes, and it is gone.

If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.

Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.

Can your wealth or all your physical exertionkeep you from distress?