Proverbs 10:15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
15 The wealth of the rich is their fortress;
the poverty of the poor is their ruin.(A)
Proverbs 18:11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
11 The wealth of the rich is their strong city;
in their imagination it is like a high wall.(A)
Proverbs 19:7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 If the poor are hated even by their kin,
how much more are they shunned by their friends!
When they call after them, they are not there.[a](A)
Footnotes
- 19.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 52:7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 “See the one who would not take
refuge in God
but trusted in abundant riches
and sought refuge in wealth!”[a](A)
Footnotes
- 52.7 Syr Tg: Heb in his destruction
Proverbs 14:20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
20 The poor are disliked even by their neighbors,
but the rich have many friends.(A)
Ecclesiastes 7:12
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
12 For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money,
and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to the one who possesses it.
Proverbs 22:22-23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
22 Do not rob the poor because they are poor
or crush the afflicted at the gate,(A)
23 for the Lord pleads their cause
and despoils of life those who despoil them.(B)
1 Timothy 6:17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches but rather on God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.(A)
Read full chapter
Luke 12:19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’(A)
Read full chapter
Mark 10:24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
24 And the disciples were perplexed at these words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is[a] to enter the kingdom of God!(A)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 10.24 Other ancient authorities add for those who trust in riches
Micah 2:1-2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Social Evils Denounced
2 Woe to those who devise wickedness
and evil deeds[a] on their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
because it is in their power.(A)
2 They covet fields and seize them,
houses and take them away;
they oppress householder and house,
people and their inheritance.(B)
Footnotes
- 2.1 Cn: Heb work evil
Jeremiah 9:23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
23 Thus says the Lord: Do not let the wise boast in their wisdom; do not let the mighty boast in their might; do not let the wealthy boast in their wealth;(A)
Read full chapter
Psalm 49:6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 those who trust in their wealth
and boast of the abundance of their riches?(A)
Job 31:24-25
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
24 “If I have made gold my trust
or called fine gold my confidence,(A)
25 if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great
or because my hand had gotten much,(B)
New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.