Quotes About Wealth

Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”

Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages.

But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.

Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.

Now Jacob heard that Labanís sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our fatherís expense.”

Thus God has taken away your fatherís livestock and given them to me.

Surely all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you.”

I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.í”

200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,

30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.

“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”

Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”

They took their flocks and herds and donkeys, and everything else in the city or in the field.

He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.

So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. Throughout that year he provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock.

And I will grant this people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that when you leave, you will not go away empty-handed.

Now announce to the people that men and women alike should ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”

Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Mosesí word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.

This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel—

The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.

Or if a man has no one to redeem it for him, but he prospers and acquires enough to redeem his land,

But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.

Only the gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead—