Bible Verses About The Rich

Their eyes peep out through folds of fat; evil thoughts overflow from their hearts.

They scoff and speak with malice, they loftily utter threats.

They set their mouths against heaven; their tongues swagger through the earth.

Therefore his people return here and [thoughtlessly] suck up that whole cup of water.

Then they ask, "How does God know? Does the Most High really have knowledge?"

Yes, this is what the wicked are like; those free of misfortune keep increasing their wealth.

It's all for nothing that I've kept my heart clean and washed my hands, staying free of guilt;

for all day long I am plagued; my punishment comes every morning.

If I had said, "I will talk like them,"I would have betrayed a generation of your children.

When I tried to understand all this, I found it too hard for me -

until I went into the sanctuaries of God and grasped what their destiny would be.

Indeed, you place them on a slippery slope and make them fall to their ruin.

How suddenly they are destroyed, swept away by terrors!

They are like a dream when one awakens; Adonai, when you rouse yourself, you will despise their phantoms.

When I had a sour attitude and felt stung by pained emotions,

I was too stupid to understand; I was like a brute beast with you.

The poor are disliked even by their peers, but the rich have many friends.

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

The poor man speaks beseechingly, the rich man's answer is blunt.

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

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.

Also, everyone to whom God has given riches and wealth, along with the power to enjoy it, so that he takes his allotted portion and finds pleasure in his work - this is a gift of God;

for he will not brood over the fact that his life is short, since God keeps him occupied with what will bring him joy.

"Why should I forgive you? Your people have abandoned me and sworn by non-gods. When I fed them to the full, they committed adultery, thronging to the brothels.