Bible Verses About The Rich

If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,

He prepareth--and the righteous putteth it on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.

He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.

Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.

Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.

Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,

And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.

It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.

If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, `My trust,'

If I rejoice because great is my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,

It also is a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.

Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,

For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.

For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)

To the Overseer. --An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, `David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God is all the day.

Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.

Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Also--God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.

And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.

`Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'

The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,

And their might is firm.

In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued.

Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.