Quotes About Riches

En la Palabra hallamos esperanza cuando todo parece estar perdido; encontramos riquezas cuando nos sentimos pobres; recibimos Su poder cuando vemos nuestras debilidades; y recordamos Su gobierno cuando todo a nuestro alrededor parece estar fuera de control.

Avarice is fear sheathed in gold.

good lawyer is part con man, part priest—promising riches, threatening hell. The rainmakers are the best paid among us and have coined a remarkably candid phrase: We eat what we kill. Hey, they don't call us sharks for our ability to swim.

The true net worth of the wise is the wealth that wisdom imparts!

Bein' rich is having leftovers. Good leftovers make yo' tongue fly outta yo' mouth and smack yo' brains out.

Facino's vision of vast riches and the novelist's vision of the motives of human behavior are both attuned to the hidden, the dramatic, that, like Freud's analyses, suggest an erotic charge that animates the world. They may speak also of a power beyond what is permitted to humankind

The rich aren't like us; they pay less taxes.

The findings of the past 150 years have made extrabiblical evidence an unavoidable conversation partner. The result is that, as perhaps never before in the history of the church, we can see how truly provisional and incomplete certain dimensions of our understanding of Scripture can be. On the other hand, we are encouraged to encounter the depth and riches of God's revelation and to rely more and more on God's Spirit, who speaks to the church in Scripture.

Maybe we're born not knowing what is and isn't valuable. Tribulation and poverty expose need, which forces the disciplines of relationship. Relationship opens the door for love and communion (great riches). Tribulation and poverty force us to rely on people. People are like a field of dirt that contains treasure. Storms wash away the dirt and expose the treasure.

The tribulation and poverty weren't the riches. They EXPOSED the riches: faith, hope, and love. Although this world burns away, writes the apostle Paul, these three will remain. Faith in Jesus, hope in Jesus, love that IS Jesus--this is treasure. The jewel exposed by the fire, the gold refined by the furnace, the treasure unearthed by the storm--treasure is found in people, and it is exposed by suffering.

that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ëI have made Abram rich.í

“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.

and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.

Therefore, flee at once to your home! I said I would richly reward you, but instead the LORD has denied your reward.”

Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.

Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal.

The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,

So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,

Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.

He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.

therefore wisdom and knowledge have been granted to you. And I will also give you riches and wealth and honor unlike anything given to the kings before you or after you.”

The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,

So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.