Bible Verses About Riches

Then Naomis husband had a kinsman, one of great power of the familie of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

The Lord maketh poore and maketh rich: bringeth lowe, and exalteth.

Now in Maon was a man, who had his possessio in Carmel, and the man was exceeding mightie and had three thousand sheepe, and a thousand goates: and he was shering his sheepe in Carmel.

Nowe Barzillai was a very aged man, euen fourescore yeere olde, and he had prouided the king of sustenance, while he lay at Mahanaim: for he was a man of very great substance.

And on a time Elisha came to Shunem, and there a woman of great estimation constrained him to eate bread: and as he passed by, he turned in thither to eate bread.

Moreouer, because I haue delite in the house of my God, I haue of mine owne golde and siluer, which I haue giuen to the house of my God, beside all that I haue prepared for the house of the Sanctuarie,

Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest ouer all, and in thine hand is power and strength, and in thine hande it is to make great, and to giue strength vnto all.

But who am I, and what is my people, that we shoulde be able to offer willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee: and of thine owne hand we haue giuen thee.

And he dyed in a good age, full of dayes, riches and honour, and Salomon his sonne reigned in his steade.

Therefore the Lord stablished the kingdome in his hande, and all Iudah brought presents to Iehoshaphat, so that he had of riches and honour in abundance.

Hezekiah also had exceeding much riches and honour, and he gate him treasures of siluer, and of golde, and of precious stones, and of sweete odours, and of shieldes, and of all pleasant vessels:

And of store houses for the increase of wheat and wine and oyle, and stalles for all beasts, and rowes for the stables.

And he made him cities, and had possession of sheepe and oxen in abundance: for God had giuen him substance exceeding much.

And they tooke their strong cities and the fat lande, and possessed houses, full of all goods, cisternes digged out, vineyardes, and oliues, and trees for foode in abundance, and they did eate, and were filled, and became fat, and liued in pleasure through thy great goodnesse.

Yet they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy Lawe behinde their backes, and slewe thy Prophets (which protested among them to turne them vnto thee) and committed great blasphemies.

And Haman tolde them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the King had promoted him, and how that he had set him aboue the princes and seruants of the King.

His substance also was seuen thousande sheepe, and three thousand camels, and fiue hundreth yoke of oxen, and fiue hundreth shee asses, and his family was very great, so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the East.

He hath deuoured substance, and hee shall vomit it: for God shall drawe it out of his bellie.

He shall sucke the gall of Aspes, and the vipers tongue shall slay him.

He shall not see the riuers, nor the floods and streames of honie and butter.

They spend their dayes in wealth, and suddenly they go downe to the graue.

Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay,

If I made gold mine hope, or haue sayd to the wedge of golde, Thou art my confidence,

If I reioyced because my substance was great, or because mine hand had gotten much,

(This also had bene an iniquitie to be condemned: for I had denied the God aboue)