Wealth Quotes from the Bible

Biblical Quotations and Sayings on Financial Riches

Apr 26, 2009 Tel Asiado

Quotes on wealth or riches abound in the Bible. Many of them are stimulating and great quotes while others are thought-provoking such as issues on ill-gotten wealth from biblical standpoint and when wealth becomes a spiritual liability, among others.

The following quoted verses deal with wealth and riches that Christians can reflect on.

Wealth as Spiritual Liability

• "People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction." ~l Timothy 6:9

• "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs." ~1 Timothy 6:10

• "Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro: He bustles about, but only in vain; he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it." ~Psalm 39:6

Wealthy Men of the Bible

• "King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth." ~2 Chronicles 9:22

• "Job owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East." ~Job 1:3

Ill-gotten Wealth

• "Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay is the man who gains riches by unjust means. When his life is half done, they will desert him, and in the end he will prove to be a fool." ~Jeremiah 17:11

• "Ill-gotten treasures are of no value, but righteousness delivers from death." ~Proverbs 10:2

Humility Over Wealth

• "One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth." ~ Proverbs 13:7

• "Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court." ~Proverbs 22:22

Greatest Wealth Comes from God

• "You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God." ~2 Corinthians 9:11

• "But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant…" ~Deuteronomy 8:18

• "I rejoice in following your statues as one rejoices in great riches." ~Psalm 119:14

• "Honour the Lord with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine." ~Proverbs 3:9-10

Readers who found this article insightful may also enjoy some more related biblical quotations. Check out Life Quotes from the Bible, Success Quotes and Sayings from the Bible and Money Quotes from the Bible.

Source:

• Scripture quotations, The Holy Bible: New International Version (NIV) © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society.