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Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

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. Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.” Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to ge…
• Job 21:7–15 Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power? Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes. Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them. Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarr…
• Job 27:13–23 This is the wicked man’s portion from God — the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty. Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food. His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them. Though he h…
• Job 31:24–25 If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security, if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,
• 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. For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.
• Psalm 52:1–7 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long. Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.…
• Psalm 73:3–22 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed. They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men. Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them. From their pros…
• 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.

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Instances of

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.

Solomon

• 1 Kings 10:23 So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

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. And Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his treasure house — the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his a…

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.

Zacchaeus

• Luke 19:2 And there was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy.