Bible Verses About Riches

Riches make many friends: but from the poor man, even they whom he had, depart.

He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death.

The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him that lendeth.

He that oppresseth the poor, to increase his own riches, shall himself give to one that is richer, and shall be in need.

Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.

Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.

Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks:

For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.

He that heapeth together riches by usury and loan, gathereth them for him that will be bountiful to the poor.

The rich man seemeth to himself wise: but the poor man that is prudent shall search him out.

A faithful man shall be much praised: but he that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be innocent.

A man that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is ignorant that poverty shall come upon him.

Remove far from me vanity, and lying words. Give me neither beggary, nor riches: give me only the necessaries of life:

Lest perhaps being filled, I should be tempted to deny, and say: Who is the Lord? or being compelled by poverty, I should steal, and forswear the name of my God.

God hath given to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he hath given vexation, and superfluous care, to heap up and to gather together, and to give it to him that hath pleased God: but this also is vanity, and a fruitless solicitude of the mind.

There is but one, and he hath not a second, no child, no brother, and yet he ceaseth not to labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches, neither doth he reflect, saying: For whom do I labour, and defraud my soul of good things? in this also is vanity, and a grievous vexation.

A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loveth riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity.

Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And what doth it profit the owner, but that he seeth the riches with his eyes?

Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether he eat little or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.

For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want.

As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, so shall he return, and shall take nothing away with him of his labour.

A most deplorable evil: as he came, so shall he return. What then doth it profit him that he hath laboured for the wind?

All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.

This therefore hath seemed good to me, that a man should eat and drink, and enjoy the fruit of his labour, wherewith he hath laboured under the sun, all the days of his life, which God hath given him: and this is his portion.