Bible Verses About The Rich

Furthermore, I tell you that it is easier for a camel to pass through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God."

As he was starting on his way, a man ran up, kneeled down in front of him and asked, "Good rabbi, what should I do to obtain eternal life?"

Yeshua said to him, "Why are you calling me good? No one is good except God!

You know the mitzvot -- `Don't murder, don't commit adultery, don't steal, don't give false testimony, don't defraud, honor your father and mother, . .'"

"Rabbi," he said, "I have kept all these since I was a boy."

Yeshua, looking at him, felt love for him and said to him, "You're missing one thing. Go, sell whatever you own, give to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come, follow me!"

Shocked by this word, he went away sad; because he was a wealthy man.

Yeshua looked around and said to his talmidim, "How hard it is going to be for people with wealth to enter the Kingdom of God!"

The talmidim were astounded at these words; but Yeshua said to them again, "My friends, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God!

It's easier for a camel to pass through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God."

They were utterly amazed and said to him, "Then who can be saved?"

Yeshua looked at them and said, "Humanly, it is impossible, but not with God; with God, every thing is possible."

"But woe to you who are rich, for you have already had all the comfort you will get!

"Woe to you who are full now, for you will go hungry! "Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and cry!

Then to the people he said, “Be careful to guard against all forms of greed, because even if someone is rich, his life does not consist in what he owns.”

And he gave them this illustration: “There was a man whose land was very productive.

He debated with himself, ‘What should I do? I haven’t enough room for all my crops.’

Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and I’ll store all my wheat and other goods there.

Then I’ll say to myself, “You’re a lucky man! You have a big supply of goods laid up that will last many years. Start taking it easy! Eat! Drink! Enjoy yourself!”’

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night you will die! And the things you prepared — whose will they be?’

That’s how it is with anyone who stores up wealth for himself without being rich toward God.”

No servant can be slave to two masters, for he will either hate the first and love the second, or scorn the second and be loyal to the first. You can’t be a slave to both God and money.”

The P’rushim heard all this, and since they were money-lovers, they ridiculed him.

“Once there was a rich man who used to dress in the most expensive clothing and spent his days in magnificent luxury.

At his gate had been laid a beggar named El‘azar who was covered with sores.