Quotes About Wealth

Indeed, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

And there was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy.

But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”

He replied, ëI tell you that everyone who has will be given more; but the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,

“Why wasnít this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”

I have not coveted anyoneís silver or gold or clothing.

Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!

sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.

For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it.

Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

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.

Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,

treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.

If you lavish attention on the man in fine clothes and say, “Here is a seat of honor,” but say to the poor man, “You must stand” or “Sit at my feet,”

But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”

Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.

Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.

Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.