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Proverbs 10:15
The rich person’s wealth is his fortress, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.
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Ecclesiastes 7:12
For wisdom is protection just as money is protection, But the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom keeps its possessors alive.
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Psalms 52:5-7
But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living. SelahThe righteous will see and fear, And they will laugh at him, saying,“ Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge, But trusted in the abundance of his riches And was strong in his evil desire.”
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Psalms 49:6-9
Those who trust in their wealth And boast in the abundance of their riches?No one can by any means redeem another Or give God a ransom for him—For the redemption of his soul is priceless, And he should cease imagining forever—That he might live on eternally, That he might not undergo decay.
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Proverbs 11:4
Riches do not benefit on the day of wrath, But righteousness rescues from death.
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Luke 12:19-21
And I will say to myself,“ You have many goods stored up for many years to come; relax, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself!” ’But God said to him,‘ You fool! This very night your soul is demanded of you; and as for all that you have prepared, who will own it now?’Such is the one who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich in relation to God.”
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Deuteronomy 32:31
Indeed, their rock is not like our Rock; Even our enemies themselves judge this.
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Psalms 62:10-11
Do not trust in oppression, And do not vainly rely on robbery; If wealth increases, do not set your heart on it.God has spoken once; Twice I have heard this: That power belongs to God;
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Job 31:24-25
“ If I have put my confidence in gold, And called fine gold my trust,If I have gloated because my wealth was great, And because my hand had obtained so much;