What Does the Bible Say About Rich Poor?

2 Corinthians 8:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.

1 Corinthians 4:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?

1 Timothy 6:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

Luke 16:1-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’ So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ ...

1 John 2:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: ...

2 Peter 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.

1 Peter 2:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ...

James 1:9-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

James 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,

James 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

James 1:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. ...

Hebrews 13:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” ...

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,

1 Timothy 6:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled. Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved. Teach and urge these things. If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions, and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain. ...

Acts 4:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And laid it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need.

Acts 2:45 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need.

Luke 12:1-59 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops. “I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! ...

Luke 6:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Matthew 24:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Matthew 19:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. ...

Matthew 5:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Proverbs 27:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations?

Proverbs 22:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.

Proverbs 22:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the Maker of them all.

Proverbs 22:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold. The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the Maker of them all. The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life. Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far from them. ...

Proverbs 17:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 16:1-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit. Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble. Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord; be assured, he will not go unpunished. ...

Psalm 73:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches.

Psalm 37:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose way is upright;

30 Bible Verses about Rich Poor

2 Corinthians 8:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 4:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 6:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 16:1-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 2:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 1:9-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 1:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 6:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 4:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:45 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 12:1-59 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 6:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 19:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:1-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 73:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 37:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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30 Bible Verses about Rich Poor

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2 Corinthians 8:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 4:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 6:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 16:1-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 2:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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James 1:9-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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James 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Hebrews 13:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 6:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 4:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:45 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 12:1-59 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 6:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 19:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Proverbs 17:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:1-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 73:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 37:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes