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Bible Verses About Wealth

This collection includes 50 passages about Wealth. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.

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So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

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Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

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Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

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But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.

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Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

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Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

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With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

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There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

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Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

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If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

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Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

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And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

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Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

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There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

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Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

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By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:

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He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

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But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

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He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

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He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

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They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

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Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.

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And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

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There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

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Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

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In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

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For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

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There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

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But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

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Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

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And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

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He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

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The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

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And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

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A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

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The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

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The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

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That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

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And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

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Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?

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