32 Bible Verses about Wealthy People
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The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of LORD, to make atonement for your souls.
and spoke to them, saying, Return with much wealth to your tents, and with very much 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 brothers
O thou who dwell upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end has come, the measure of thy covetousness.
And they made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death. Although he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.
And now I will show thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia, and the fourth shall be far richer than them all. And when he has grown strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm o
And I will shake all nations, and the precious things of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, says LORD of hosts.
But what did ye go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those in elegant clothing, and existing in luxury, are in kingly places.
And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth well.
And he also said to the man who invited him, When thou make a dinner or a supper, do not call thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy kinsmen, nor prosperous neighbors, lest they also invite thee in return, and a recompense be made
And he also said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a manager, and this man was accused to him as squandering things possessed by him.
but the rich in his lowliness, because as a flower of grass he will pass away.
But when he heard these things, he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich.
And LORD has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great. And he has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and men-servants and maid-servants, and camels and donkeys.
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 [of wealth].
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, Surely I have become rich. I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin.
For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their sojourning could not bear them because of their cattle.
And Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his sons, and all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the rulers and servants of the king.
And the man became great, and grew more and more until he became very great.
And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and donkeys.
And I have oxen, and donkeys, flocks, and men-servants, and maid-servants. And I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in thy sight.
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-donkeys, and a very great household, so that this man was the greatest of all the sons of the east.
And having become evening, there came a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was discipled by Jesus.
And there was a man in Maon whose possessions were in Carmel. And the man was very great [in goods], 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 have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there shall not be any among the kings like thee all thy days.
However I did not believe 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 in riches and in wisdom.
And behold, a man called by name, Zacchaeus. And he was a chief tax collector, and this man was rich.
But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowing, for he was having many possessions.
But having become somber at the saying, he went away sorrowing, for he was a man who has many possessions.