28 Bible Verses about Drawbacks To Riches

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

And Jesus looked round about, and said unto his disciples, How hard for those that have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hard it is for those that have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

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.

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

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

He has filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he has sent empty away.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

And what will you do in the day of punishment, and in the desolation which shall come from afar? to whom will you flee for help? and where will you leave your riches?

So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from death.

The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he opens his eyes, and he is not.

Therefore their goods shall become booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink their wine.

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

For in one hour such great riches is come to nothing. And every shipmaster, and all seafarers, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,

Will you set your eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

He shall not be rich, neither shall his wealth continue, neither shall he overspread the earth with it.

For riches are not forever: and does the crown endure to every generation?

But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beauty of the appearance of it perishes: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and perdition.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children: but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the senseless person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are in turmoil in vain: he heaps up riches, and knows not who shall gather them.

That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: from the proceeds of business he shall not rejoice.

Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

Better is the poor who walks in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

And they shall plunder your riches, and make a prey of your merchandise: and they shall break down your walls, and destroy your pleasant houses: and they shall lay your stones and your timber and your dust in the midst of the water.

Who long for death, but it comes not; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;