'Rich' in the Bible

that I will not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that belongs to you, so you won't be able to say, "I made Abram rich.'

Live with us anywhere you want. Live, trade, and grow rich in it."

The rich person is not to give more, nor is the poor person to give less than the half shekel, when you give a contribution to the LORD to make atonement for yourselves.

If a person doesn't have a kinsman redeemer, but has become rich and found sufficient means for his redemption,

"If a resident alien or traveler becomes rich, but your relative who lives next to him is so poor that he sells himself to that resident alien or traveler among you or to a member of the resident alien's family,

His uncle or his uncle's son may redeem him or any blood relative from his tribe may redeem him. If he becomes rich, then he may redeem himself.

"The LORD will open his rich treasury, the heavens, to release rain upon your land in season and bless everything you undertake so that you'll lend to many nations but won't borrow.

from the choicest products of the sun, the rich fruit of the harvest moon,

But the olive tree asked them, "Should I stop producing my rich oils by which both God and men are honored and go take dominion over trees?'

As for Micah, he kept saying, "Now I know the LORD will make me rich, because I have a descendant of Levi for a priest!"

He replied, "May you be blessed by the LORD, my daughter. You've added to the gracious love you've already demonstrated by not pursuing younger men, whether rich or poor.

The LORD makes people poor and he makes people rich, he brings them low, and he also exalts them.

David got up and went down to the Wilderness of Paran. Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel of Judah, and the man was very rich. He had 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats, and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

Nathan approached David and said, "There are two men in the city. One is rich and one is poor. The rich man has many flocks and herds,

A traveler arrived to visit the rich man. Because he was unwilling to take an animal from one of his own flocks or herds to prepare for the guest who had come to visit him, he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to visit him."

They would not listen, and did not remember the miracles you did among them. Instead, they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return them to their slavery. "But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, and rich in gracious love; therefore you did not abandon them.

"He won't become rich and his wealth won't last; he won't expand his holdings to cover the land.

both average people and those of means, the rich and the poor together.

Don't be afraid when someone gets rich, when the glory of his household increases.

The LORD is compassionate and gracious, patient, and abundantly rich in gracious love.

Our Lord is great, and rich in power; his understanding has no limitation.

The rich hide within the fortress that is their wealth, but the poor are dismayed due to their poverty.

One person pretends to be wealthy, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet is rich.

The wealth of a rich person is his fortified city; in his own imagination, it is like a high wall.

The rich and the poor have this in common the LORD created both of them.

It's better to be poor and live a blameless life than to be rich but crooked in one's lifestyle.

The rich man may be wise in his own opinion; but a discerning, poor man sees through him.

The faithful man will prosper with blessings, but whoever is in a hurry to get rich will not escape punishment.

Sweet is the sleep of a working man, whether he eats a little or a lot, but the excess wealth of the rich will not allow him to rest.

Do not curse the king, even in your thoughts. Do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom. For a bird will fly by and tell what you say, or something with wings may talk about it.

Then the lambs will graze in their pasture; fatlings and foreigners will eat among the waste places of the rich."

"On this mountain, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies will prepare for all nations a banquet of rich food, a banquet of well-aged wines rich food full of marrow, and refined wines of the finest vintage

He will also provide rain for your seed that you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the ground will be rich and abundant. At that time, your cattle will graze in broad meadows,

Then they made his grave with the wicked, and with rich people in his death, although he had committed no violence, nor was there any deceit in his mouth."

Why spend your money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in rich food.

Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are filled with treachery. This is how they have become prominent and rich,

This is what the LORD says: "The wise man is not to boast in his wisdom; the strong man is not to boast in his strength; and the rich man is not to boast in his riches.

You who live beside many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, your life thread is cut.

"Because you have so much to sell and are so rich, Damascus has been your trading partner, exchanging wine from Helbon, unbleached wool,

Daniel determined within himself not to become defiled by the king's menu of rich foods or by the king's wine, so he requested permission from the chief officer not to defile himself.

Then compare how we look with the young men who ate the king's rich food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you observe."

At the end of ten days their appearance was better and their faces were well-nourished compared to the young men who ate the king's rich food.

So the guard took away their rich food and wine, giving them vegetables.

Ephraim claims, "I have become rich, I have made a fortune! Because of all my wealth, no one will find any iniquity or sin in me.'

Her rich people are filled with violence, and her inhabitants tell lies their tongues speak deceitfully!

Their buyers slaughter them without being punished, continuing to sell them as they say, "Bless the LORD!' and, "I'm rich!' Meanwhile, their shepherds show them no compassion.

Then Jesus told his disciples, "I tell all of you with certainty, it will be hard for a rich person to get into the kingdom from heaven.

Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into the kingdom of God."

Later that evening, a rich man arrived from Arimathea. His name was Joseph, and he had become a disciple of Jesus.

It's easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into the kingdom of God."

As Jesus sat facing the offering box, he watched how the crowd was dropping their money into it. Many rich people were dropping in large amounts.

He filled hungry people with good things and sent rich people away with nothing.

"But how terrible it will be for you who are rich, because you have had your comfort!

Then he told them a parable. He said, "The land of a certain rich man produced good crops.

Then he told the man who had invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, stop inviting only your friends, brothers, relatives, or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return and you would be repaid.

Now Jesus was saying to the disciples, "A rich man had a servant manager who was accused of wasting his assets.

"Once there was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and live in great luxury every day.

He was always trying to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs used to come and lick his sores.

"One day, the beggar died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.

"The rich man said, "Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house

"But the rich man replied, "No, father Abraham! But if someone from the dead went to them, they would repent.'

But when the official heard this he became sad, because he was very rich.

So when Jesus saw how sad he was, he said, "How hard it is for rich people to get into the kingdom of God!

Indeed, it's easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into the kingdom of God."

a man named Zacchaeus appeared. He was a leading tax collector, and a rich one at that!

Now Jesus looked up and saw rich people dropping their gifts into the offering box.

Or are you unaware of his rich kindness, forbearance, and patience, that it is God's kindness that is leading you to repent?

Now if some of the branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive branch, have been grafted in their place to share the rich root of the olive tree,

For by him you have become rich in every way in speech and knowledge of every kind

You already have all you want! You have already become rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you really were kings so that we could be kings with you!

Indeed, the more your faith, speech, knowledge, enthusiasm, and love for us increase, the more we want you to be rich in this work of kindness.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah. Although he was rich, for your sakes he became poor, so that you, through his poverty, might become rich.

Then, with the eyes of your hearts enlightened, you will know the confidence that is produced by God having called you, the rich glory that is his inheritance among the saints,

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love for us

But people who want to get rich keep toppling into temptation and are trapped by many stupid and harmful desires that plunge them into destruction and ruin.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, in their eagerness to get rich, have wandered away from the faith and caused themselves a lot of pain.

Tell those who are rich in this age not to be arrogant and not to place their confidence in anything as uncertain as riches. Instead, let them place their confidence in God, who lavishly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

They are to do good, to be rich in good actions, to be generous, and to share.

and a rich person in his having been humbled, because he will fade away like a wild flower.

For the sun comes up with its scorching heat and dries up the grass. The flower in it drops off, and its beauty is gone. That is how the rich person will fade away in his pursuits.

Listen, my dear brothers! God has chosen the poor in the world to become rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who keep on loving him, has he not?

But you have humiliated the man who is poor. Are not rich people the ones who oppress you and drag you into court?

Now listen, you rich people! Cry and moan over the miseries that are overtaking you.

"I know your suffering and your poverty though you are rich and the slander committed by those who claim to be Jews but are not. They are the synagogue of Satan.

You say, "I am rich. I have become wealthy. I don't need anything." Yet you don't realize that you are miserable, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.

Therefore, I advise you to buy from me gold purified in fire so you may be rich, white clothes to wear so your shameful nakedness won't show, and ointment to put on your eyes so you may see.

Then the kings of the earth, the important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and all the slaves and free people concealed themselves in caves and among the rocks in the mountains.

The second beast forces all people important and unimportant, rich and poor, free and slaves to be marked on their right hands or on their foreheads,

For all the nations have drunk from the wine of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her. The world's businesses have become rich from her luxurious excesses."

Frightened by the severity of her punishment, businesses that had become rich because of her will stand at a distance, crying and mourning:

Then they threw dust on their heads and shouted while crying and mourning: "How terrible, how terrible it is for the great city, where all who had ships at sea became rich from her wealth, because it has been destroyed in a single hour!