Bible Verses About Riches

Wealth brings in many friends, but the poor man loses the one friend he has.

A fortune gained by a lying tongue is vapor dispersed [by] seekers of death.

The rich rule the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

Both oppressing the poor to enrich oneself and giving to the rich yield only loss.

Don't exhaust yourself in pursuit of wealth; be smart enough to desist

If you make your eyes rush at it, it's no longer there! For wealth will surely grow wings, like an eagle flying off to the sky.

Take care to know the condition of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds.

For wealth doesn't last forever, neither does a crown through all generations.

He who increases his wealth by charging exorbitant interest amasses it for someone who will bestow it on the poor.

The rich man is wise in his own view, but the poor who has discernment sees through him.

A trustworthy person will receive many blessings, but one rushing to get rich will not go unpunished.

He who is greedy rushes after riches, not knowing that want will overtake him.

keep falsehood and futility far from me, and give me neither poverty nor wealth. Yes, provide just the food I need today;

for if I have too much, I might deny you and say, "Who is ADONAI?"And if I am poor, I might steal and thus profane the name of my God.

For to the man who is good from [God's] viewpoint he gives wisdom, knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the task of collecting and accumulating things to leave to him who is good from God's viewpoint. This too is pointless and feeding on wind.

the situation in which a solitary individual without a companion, with neither son nor brother, keeps on working endlessly but never has enough wealth. "For whom" [he should ask], "am I working so hard and denying myself pleasure?"This too is truly pointless, a sorry business.

But the greatest advantage to the country is when the king makes himself a servant to the land.

The lover of money never has enough money; the lover of luxury never has enough income. This too is pointless.

When the quantity of goods increases, so does the number of parasites consuming them; so the only advantage to the owner is that he gets to watch them do it.

The sleep of a working man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the overfullness of the rich won't let them sleep at all.

Here is a gross evil which I have seen under the sun: the owner of wealth hoards it to his own hurt.

Due to some misfortune, the wealth turns to loss; and then if he has fathered a son, he has nothing to leave him.

Just as he came from his mother's womb, so he will go back naked as he came, and for his efforts he will take nothing that he can carry away in his hand.

This too is a gross evil, that in every respect as he came, so will he go; thus what profit does he have after toiling to earn the wind?

All his life he eats in darkness, in frustration, in sickness and in anger.