Bible Verses About Rich
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for rich, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 867 votes, led by Hebrews 13:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Rich
Hebrews 13:566 votes
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
1 Timothy 6:6-957 votes
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Matthew 6:19-2155 votes
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Proverbs 10:2248 votes
The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
Mark 10:24-2535 votes
And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
Matthew 6:31-3334 votes
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Luke 16:19-3133 votes
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
1 Timothy 6:1733 votes
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
Matthew 6:2428 votes
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Luke 6:20-2125 votes
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
Proverbs 22:724 votes
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Luke 12:33-3423 votes
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
Proverbs 13:2222 votes
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Ephesians 4:2821 votes
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
James 5:1-221 votes
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Genesis 13:219 votes
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Ecclesiastes 5:1919 votes
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
Leviticus 19:1518 votes
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Proverbs 21:2017 votes
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
Psalms 1:1-416 votes
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 Corinthians 8:916 votes
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
Luke 6:2415 votes
But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
James 1:1115 votes
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Proverbs 28:2214 votes
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Luke 14:2814 votes
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
What does the Bible say about rich?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 13:5 on the subject of rich. Across 867 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Timothy 6:6-9, Matthew 6:19-21, Proverbs 10:22. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.