The Rich
41 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
Abraham
- Genesis 13:2 And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.
- Genesis 24:35 “The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.
General Scriptures Concerning
- Nehemiah 5:1–13 About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. …
- Job 21:7–15 Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power? …
- Job 27:13–23 This is the wicked man’s portion from God — the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty. …
- Job 31:24–25 If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security, …
- Job 31:28 this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
- Psalm 49:16–17 Do not be afraid when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases. …
- Psalm 52:1–7 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long. …
- Psalm 73:3–22 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. …
- Proverbs 14:20 The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
- Proverbs 18:11 A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.
- Proverbs 18:23 The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
- Proverbs 28:11 A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.
- Ecclesiastes 5:13–14 There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner, …
- Ecclesiastes 5:19–20 Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God. …
- Jeremiah 5:7–9 “Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes. …
- Jeremiah 5:27–29 Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich. …
- Jeremiah 9:23 This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
- Jeremiah 17:11 Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
- Jeremiah 22:13–19 “Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages, …
- Ezekiel 7:19 They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, …
- Ezekiel 28:5 By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.
- Amos 6:1–6 Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes. …
- Micah 6:12 For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
- Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
- Matthew 19:23–24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. …
- Mark 10:17–27 As Jesus started on His way, a man ran up and knelt before Him. “Good Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” …
- Luke 6:24–25 But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort. …
- Luke 12:15–21 And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” …
- Luke 16:13–14 No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” …
- Luke 16:19–26 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. …
- Luke 18:22–26 On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.” …
- 1 Timothy 6:17–19 Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy. …
- James 1:9–11 The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position. …
- James 5:1–3 Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. …
Hezekiah
- 2 Kings 20:12–18 At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness. …
Job
- Job 1:3 and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
Joseph of Arimathaea
- Matthew 27:57 When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus.
Solomon
- 1 Kings 10:23 So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
Zacchaeus
- Luke 19:2 And there was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy.
Related topics
The Punishment of the Wicked in This Life by Put in Slippery PlacesRichesCovetousness in Exacting Usury from Their BrethrenThe Happiness of the WickedBorrowingHappiness of the Wicked
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.