Bible Verses About Riches

Riches gather many friends: but the poore is separated from his neighbour.

The gathering of treasures by a deceitfull tongue is vanitie tossed to and from of them that seeke death.

The rich ruleth the poore, and the borower is seruant to the man that lendeth.

Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase him selfe, and giueth vnto the riche, shall surely come to pouertie.

Trauaile not too much to be rich: but cease from thy wisdome.

Wilt thou cast thine eyes vpon it, which is nothing? for riches taketh her to her wings, as an eagle, and flyeth into the heauen.

Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.

For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.

He that increaseth his riches by vsurie and interest, gathereth them for him that will be mercifull vnto the poore.

The riche man is wise in his owne conceite: but the poore that hath vnderstanding, can trie him.

A faythfull man shall abound in blessings, and he that maketh haste to be riche, shall not be innocent.

A man with a wicked eye hasteth to riches, and knoweth not, that pouertie shall come vpon him.

Remooue farre from me vanitie and lyes: giue me not pouertie, nor riches: feede me with foode conuenient for me,

Least I be full, and denie thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or least I be poore and steale, and take the Name of my God in vaine.

Surely to a man that is good in his sight, God giueth wisdome, and knowledge, and ioy: but to the sinner he giueth paine, to gather, and to heape to giue to him that is good before God: this is also vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

There is one alone, and there is not a second, which hath neither sonne nor brother, yet is there none end of all his trauaile, neither can his eye be satisfied with riches: neither doeth he thinke, For whome doe I trauaile and defraude my soule of pleasure? this also is vanitie, and this is an euill trauaile.

He that loueth siluer, shall not be satisfied with siluer, and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite thereof: this also is vanitie.

When goods increase, they are increased that eate them: and what good commeth to the owners thereof, but the beholding thereof with their eyes?

The sleepe of him that traueileth, is sweete, whether he eate litle or much: but the sacietie of the riche will not suffer him to sleepe.

There is an euill sickenes that I haue seene vnder the sunne: to wit, riches reserued to the owners thereof for their euill.

And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.

As hee came foorth of his mothers belly, he shall returne naked to goe as he came, and shall beare away nothing of his labour, which hee hath caused to passe by his hand.

And this also is an euill sickenes that in all pointes as he came, so shall he goe, and what profit hath he that he hath traueiled for the winde?

Also all his dayes hee eateth in darkenes with much griefe, and in his sorowe and anger.

Beholde then, what I haue seene good, that it is comely to eate, and to drinke, and to take pleasure in all his labour, wherein he traueileth vnder the sunne, the whole nomber of the dayes of his life, which God giueth him: for this is his portion.