Rich People

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you. — read the full passage →

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.”

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; — read the full passage →

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much. — read the full passage →

“But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.

But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

Because you say, ‘I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;’ and don’t know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. — read the full passage →

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy; — read the full passage →

He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God.

For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys. — read the full passage →

Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.

He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God. — read the full passage →

Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction. — read the full passage →

A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.

Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.

“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.

He answered them, “He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise.”

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back. — read the full passage →

For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality. — read the full passage →

Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. — read the full passage →

“‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

It is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.”

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon. — read the full passage →

If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

Don’t exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court; — read the full passage →

I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.

“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you.

“For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them. — read the full passage →

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?

He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury. — read the full passage →

The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren’t concerned about knowledge.

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

But godliness with contentment is great gain. — read the full passage →

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him? — read the full passage →

They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Yahweh: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it has been the stumbling block of their iniquity.

He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has pity on the poor.

for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?

knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers, — read the full passage →

Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty. — read the full passage →

The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common. — read the full passage →

and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away. — read the full passage →

For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed, — read the full passage →

Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me; — read the full passage →

He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

Thus says Yahweh: Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.