Bible on Wealth

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.

Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.

If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)

And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.

The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests’.

And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.

For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:

And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.

And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.

And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.

And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,

More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,

The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,

They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.

Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;

When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.

All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.

And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.

And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:

Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;

Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;

Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.

And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.

For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.

And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.