Quotes about Wealth
Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.
— Habakkuk 1:16
and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
— Habakkuk 2:5
Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
— Habakkuk 2:9
Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.
— Zephaniah 1:13
You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
— Haggai 1:6
The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts.
— Haggai 2:8
Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
— Zechariah 9:3
Behold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.
— Zechariah 9:4
whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.
— Zechariah 11:5
Judah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected—gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance.
— Zechariah 14:14
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
— Matthew 6:19
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
— Matthew 6:20