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Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
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that I would not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’
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and the man became rich, and gained more and more until he became very wealthy.
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“Asher's food shall be rich, and he shall yield royal delicacies.
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The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you give the Lord's offering to make atonement for your lives.
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Redeeming a Poor Man
“If a stranger or sojourner with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him becomes poor and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner with you or to a member of the stranger's clan,
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or his uncle or his cousin may redeem him, or a close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he grows rich he may redeem himself.
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and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether there are trees in it or not. Be of good courage and bring some of the fruit of the land.” Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.
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with the choicest fruits of the sun and the rich yield of the months,
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“Tell of it, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets and you who walk by the way.
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And he said, “May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter. You have made this last kindness greater than the first in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.
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The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts.
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And the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel. And the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his father's house free in Israel.”
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And there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
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Nathan Rebukes David
And the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said to him, “There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor.
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The rich man had very many flocks and herds,
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Now there came a traveler to the rich man, and he was unwilling to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the guest who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”
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And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right,
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I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days.
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Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
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where they found rich, good pasture, and the land was very broad, quiet, and peaceful, for the former inhabitants there belonged to Ham.
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Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.
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Then he died at a good age, full of days, riches, and honor. And Solomon his son reigned in his place.
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wisdom and knowledge are granted to you. I will also give you riches, possessions, and honor, such as none of the kings had who were before you, and none after you shall have the like.”
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Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
