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Riches

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Our answers on Riches

What does the Bible say about getting rich, greed, and chasing money?

The Bible warns that greed and chasing money can enslave the heart, but it calls us to seek God first, work with integrity, live contentedly, and give generously.

  • 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.” Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance. So he thought to himself…
  • Matthew 6:19–24 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where y…
  • 1 Timothy 6:6–10 Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and be…

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What does the Bible say about helping neighbors in emergencies?

The Bible teaches that in emergencies we should love our neighbors with generous, practical help—paired with wisdom, safety, and a heart that reflects Jesus.

  • Luke 10:25–37 One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?” He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your so…

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More 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From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index.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

  • Deuteronomy 6:10–12 And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you— a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build, with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, a…
  • Deuteronomy 8:10–18 When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you. Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day. Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you…
  • Deuteronomy 31:20 When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.
  • Deuteronomy 32:15 But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
  • 1 Samuel 2:7 The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
  • Psalm 37:16 Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
  • Proverbs 10:2 Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
  • Proverbs 10:22 The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
  • Proverbs 11:4 Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
  • Proverbs 11:28 He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.
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Figurative

  • Revelation 3:18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.