Bible on Wealth

And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.

My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh.

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:

Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:

Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:

With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:

Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,

I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.

The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?

And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away.

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.

We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.

And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;

And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.

Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:

And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.

Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.

So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.

They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.

And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:

To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.

And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man’s heart to bring into the house of the LORD,

And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;

And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold?

And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;

Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,

And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about.

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.

And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.

And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;

Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.

The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.