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Proverbs 18:11
The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.
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Proverbs 19:7
All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him– he pursues them with words, but they do not respond.
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Psalms 52:7
“ Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”
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Proverbs 14:20
A poor person is disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.
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Proverbs 22:22-23
Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,for the LORD will plead their case and will rob those who are robbing them.
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Ecclesiastes 7:12
For wisdom provides protection, just as money provides protection. But the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
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Mark 10:24
The disciples were astonished at these words. But again Jesus said to them,“ Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
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Luke 12:19
And I will say to myself,“ You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’
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Psalms 49:6
They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
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Micah 2:1-2
Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.
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Jeremiah 9:23
The LORD says,“ Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich.
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Job 31:24-25
“ If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold,‘ You are my security!’if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,
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1 Timothy 6 17
Command those who are rich in this world’s goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.